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Story Publication logo November 18, 2021

Frequency of Wildfires in Alaska Concerns Scientists

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Release of a relatively small fraction of it could dramatically speed up climate change. Researchers...

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The site of the Three Mile Creek fire that occurred in 2015 in central Alaska. Image by Daniel Grossman.

One state was mostly spared from this year's wildfires: Alaska. But there's evidence that the frequency and intensity of burning in that state have increased in recent decades — and that has scientists worried.

As Daniel Grossman reports, they fear that the carbon released by fires in the high-north Boreal forests could speed up climate change.


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