Fires, Floods and Satellite Views: Modeling the Boreal Forest's Future (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Fires, Floods and Satellite Views: Modeling the Boreal Forest's Future

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In 2014, megafires in Canada's Northwest Territories scorched more than 7 million acres of forest, releasing half as much carbon back into the atmosphere as all the plants and trees in Canada typically absorb in an entire year. Credits: Credit:NASA/Peter Griffith

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Credits: Credit:NASA/Peter Griffith

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