New project will inform firefighting efforts to maximize carbon storage in Alaskan refuge

With $500K from the Joint Fire Science Program, a team will proved science needed to guide strategic fire suppression to protect forests and permafrost

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October 21, 2024

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In the US, state and federal governments regularly fight wildfires that threaten people and property, but Alaska’s Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge recently began piloting a novel strategy: putting out fires to prevent climate-warming carbon emissions from being released from trees and soils.