Permafrost Melt Fires may Accelerate Greenland Melt

Published On: November 14, 2018
81 words
Views: 818

Nikolaos Evangeliou on climate change and wildfires.

Evangeliou works at NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research http://nilu.no

“If larger fires would burn, they would actually have a substantial impact on melting,” Stohl said. And, there’s a greater chance of such fires, if more of Greenland’s permafrost melts and exposes peat —which is actually the early-stage material used in coal formation, and so it burns easily. https://www.livescience.com/62297-greenland-biggest-wildfire-warning-sign.html

POPULAR

FinalCut Pro License Fundraiser

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

About the Author: Chris Machens

Chris Machens
Chris covers the climate since 2011, and when not posting articles to the site he usually works on our next video production.
    Subscribe
    Notify of
    guest

    0 Comments
    Oldest
    Newest Most Voted
    Inline Feedbacks
    View all comments