Greenhouse gases from wildfires at sixth highest level on record after blazes in large areas of the Americas and AfricaCarbon emissions from extreme wildfires increased by 9% last year to reach the sixth highest level on record.Intense fast-spreading fires devastated huge swathes of South America’s rainforests, dry forests and wetlands and decimated Canada’s northern forests, pushing up the levels of damaging greenhouse gases. Continue reading...
Thursday 16 October 2025
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CO2 from wildfires increases by 9% as climate crisis supercharges infernos
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