Years after fires in Alaska’s boreal forests, the soils beneath showed dramatic warmth and carbon loss
The fires had completely burned away the layer of moss that usually insulates underlying soil and permafrost.
June 18, 2018
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Two years after severe wildfires burned through the boreal forest of interior Alaska, the ground held heat but had lost two-thirds of its carbon, a recent study reports.
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