Category: Warming Activists
Written by: admin on Nov 29, 2009 0:30
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Tags: carbon dioxide, emissions, gas, global warming, green, greenhouse gas, scientists
Peat fires drive temperatures up: Burning rainforests release huge amounts of greenhouse gases
The forested peatlands of the tropics store vast amounts of carbon. Forest fires convert this into the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Scientists have now quantified these emissions and shown that peatland fires contribute significantly to global warming.
