Fire and Climate Change

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: November 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Length: 01:30

We live on a flammable planet! Consider our forests: Vegetation that dries out seasonally. And our atmosphere? Oxygen! Add lightening strikes, volcanoes and matches and...whoosh. Read the full description.

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Playing: Fire and Climate Change
From: Pat Maxwell

Isla_earth_inlay We live on a flammable planet! Consider our forests: Vegetation that dries out seasonally. And our atmosphere? Oxygen! Add lightening strikes, volcanoes and matches and...whoosh. Recently, scientists from diverse fields pooled their data to examine just how much fire contributes to climate change. They published their findings in a first-of-a-kind joint report in the magazine Science...

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We live on a flammable planet! Consider our forests: Vegetation that dries out seasonally. And our atmosphere? Oxygen! Add lightening strikes, volcanoes and matches and...whoosh. Recently, scientists from diverse fields pooled their data to examine just how much fire contributes to climate change. They published their findings in a first-of-a-kind joint report in the magazine Science...