Alaska firefighters experiment with targeting blazes to save carbon
photo by Brendan Rogers.
Alaska firefighters experiment with targeting blazes to save carbon
The Bureau of Land Management pilot program represents a shift designed to help curb climate change
Firefighters are embarking on an ambitious experiment to stamp out blazes deep in the Alaskan wilderness as a way to avert carbon emissions in what experts say is a seismic shift in thinking in modern wildfire management that has traditionally focused only on fires that threaten human life, property or commercial interests.
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