{"671704":{"#nid":"671704","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Surge in extreme forest fires fuels global emissions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGlobal forest fires emitted 33.9 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) between 2001 and 2022, according to a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iae.cas.cn\/gb2019\/xwzx_156509\/ttxw_156510\/202312\/P020231212296936577850.pdf\u0022\u003Ereport\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). This makes the CO2 emissions generated by forest fires each year higher than those from burning fossil fuels in Japan \u2014 the world\u2019s sixth-largest CO2\u0026nbsp;emitter. Driving the emissions spike was the growing frequency of \u201cextreme forest-fire events\u201d. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/wang-dr-yuhang\u0022\u003EYuhang Wang\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, tells\u003Cem\u003E Nature\u003C\/em\u003E the report complements his work, which \u201cindicates a roughly 20 percent rise in global burnt area by the 2050s compared to the 2000s\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGlobal forest fires emitted 33.9 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) between 2001 and 2022, according to a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iae.cas.cn\/gb2019\/xwzx_156509\/ttxw_156510\/202312\/P020231212296936577850.pdf\u0022\u003Ereport\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). This makes the CO2 emissions generated by forest fires each year higher than those from burning fossil fuels in Japan \u2014 the world\u2019s sixth-largest CO2\u0026nbsp;emitter. Driving the emissions spike was the growing frequency of \u201cextreme forest-fire events\u201d. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/wang-dr-yuhang\u0022\u003EYuhang Wang\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, tells\u003Cem\u003E Nature\u003C\/em\u003E the report complements his work, which \u201cindicates a roughly 20 percent rise in global burnt area by the 2050s compared to the 2000s\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-12-21 19:18:59","changed_gmt":"2023-12-21 19:18:59","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Nature ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-023-04033-y","dateline":{"date":"2023-12-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-12-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"169224","name":"Yuhang Wang"},{"id":"193373","name":"forest fires"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"182889","name":"carbon dioxide (CO2)"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}