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Forest recovery in the age of megafires – how can we predict if forests grow back?

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Forests are incredibly good at storing carbon, in both soils and plants. When forests burn, that carbon is released into the atmosphere and contributes to greenhouse gases (mostly as carbon dioxide). Normally when a forest regrows after a fire, it’s able to capture that carbon dioxide and store it again.

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ESA Policy News: August 16, 2021

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However, the world could avoid the more extreme scenarios in the report if governments sharply reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. Advances in attribution science since the last report was issued in 2013 have allowed experts to connect individual events to climate change with more certainty.

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