Canada’s 2023 wildfires: Shocking carbon emission stats
Wildfires scorched 4% of Canada’s forests in 2023, releasing huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere.
The carbon emissions totaled 647 megatonnes, which outweighed the overall amount of all but three of the world's nations - U.S., India and China.
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The carbon emissions totaled 647 megatonnes, which outweighed the overall amount of all but three of the world's nations - U.S., India and China.
#carbonemissions #carbon #canada #wildfires #climatechange
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00:00In 2023, the carbon emitted by fires in Canada was far outside the previous record.
00:28So it was in fact comparable to fossil fuel carbon emissions from large countries.
00:34It would rank fourth after the US, China and India.
00:46Although the heat was really unusual given the historic record, if we look at climate
00:51projections by the 2050s, we start to see this as kind of a normal summer in pre-Canadian
00:58forests.