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Does Boreal Wildfire Release "Old" Carbon?

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Radiocarbon concentration (delta14C) in the atmosphere over time, showing the bomb peak in 1966 (red dotted line) and theoretical positions of delta14C of soil depth increments (points).

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Researchers with NASA's ABoVE field campaign measured soil and forest stand age at burned sites in Canada's Northwest Territories.

Field Measurements After Alaskan Wildfires

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Photos from July 2017 field surveys near Tanana, Alaska, from left to right: unburned forest site; burned forest near the Spicer Creek Fire; high burn severity forest site.

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Researchers with NASA's ABoVE field campaign measured burn severity in spruce forests that burned in 2015 near Tanana, Alaska.