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An Australian wildfire has killed at least 135 people, and some experts are blaming global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions for this and other recent blazes. What is the role of climate change in wildfires?
February 9, 2009 |
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Study results suggest that wildfires can have a huge impact on the amount of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere
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A 2006 study found that large wildfires became four times more frequent after 1987 and burned more than six and a half times as much forest
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They follow the same mathematical laws as other natural events such as earthquakes do
November 2008's toll: At least 800 homes
At least 135 people have died and authorities say that more than 200 may have perished in wildfires that have been raging in southern Australia
Alaskan residents who watched as wildfires claimed a record 10,000 square miles (26,00 square kilometers) of land in 2004 can take cold comfort in the fact that the choking smoke endured during wildfire season could blunt some of the effects of global warming
Ecologists work to salve the Great Basin's burns
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