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study tallies carbon emissions from massive Canadian fires

They found that the Canadian fires released more in five months than Russia or Japan emitted from fossil fuels in all of 2022 (about 480 million and 291 million metric tons, respectively). While the () emitted from both and combustion cause extra immediately, there's an important distinction, the scientists noted.

phys.org/news/2024-08-nasa-tal


do you remember?

2023

@tuxom The difference is trees grow back (assuming you let them) ultimately create a net neutral carbon emission in the end. The same cant be said for fossil fuel consumption.

@tuxom indeed we have, but that is unrelated to my point... A forest that burns down isnt removed by humans for development, it just burned down. It then grows back and the net neutral carbon is 0.

Now if you showed an event of humans clear cutting and replacing with developed land, that would be a net positive on carbon, presuming it was burnt as fuel. But that isnt what we are seeing here.

@freemo This depends on the timescale and the ecologic boundary conditions which allow regrowth. On the other hand, a burned forest, which is at least partly caused by climate crisis, changes erosion patterns, water supply and so on... @tuxom

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Sad to see this on CNN today about killing of 700+ animals to feed Namibians in a severe drought where there's no food.
Namibian govt plans to distribute the meat to ppl. Apparently the animals are dying anyway bc el niño has dried up water holes and food sources have gone. Wtf.. this is how it starts..

cnn.com/2024/08/28/climate/nam

CNN · Namibia plans to kill more than 700 animals including elephants and hippos — and distribute the meatBy Laura Paddison