We report measurements of energy and carbon fluxes
from a boreal forest fire chronosequence. Taking into account greenhouse gas
emissions and post-fire changes in the surface radiation budget, a boreal forest
fire in interior Alaska
caused the climate to cool. This result suggests that management of forests in
northern countries to preserve carbon sinks may have the opposite effect on
climate as that intended.
Author: J.T. Randerson, S.D. Chambers, M. Flanner, et al (jranders at uci dot edu)
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