Summer's bushfires released more carbon dioxide than Australia does in a year
Australia’s devastating bushfire season is likely to have released 830m tonnes of carbon dioxide, far more than the country’s annual greenhouse gas pollution, according to a government estimate.
If compared with international emissions, it suggests the Australian temperate forest bushfires between September and February would rank sixth on a list of polluting nations, behind only China, the US, India, Russia and Japan.
The federal government analysis of the fires says temperate forests usually eventually recover from bushfire and they were expected to reabsorb most of the released carbon dioxide in the years ahead.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/21/summers-bushfires-released-more-carbon-dioxide-than-australia-does-in-a-year
If compared with international emissions, it suggests the Australian temperate forest bushfires between September and February would rank sixth on a list of polluting nations, behind only China, the US, India, Russia and Japan.
The federal government analysis of the fires says temperate forests usually eventually recover from bushfire and they were expected to reabsorb most of the released carbon dioxide in the years ahead.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/21/summers-bushfires-released-more-carbon-dioxide-than-australia-does-in-a-year
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