Alaska’s Wildfires Heat the Planet, but Canada’s Cool It

Alaska’s Wildfires Heat the Planet, but Canada’s Cool It

Using 2 decades of satellite data, researchers learned that wildfires in North America don’t follow the same script: In western Canada, snow reflectivity drives a cooling effect, whereas in Alaska, permafrost burning leads to net warming.

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