Now a new study reveals how these blazes can create a vicious cycle, contributing to climate change even as climate-fueled conditions make for worse wildfire seasons. Emissions from 2023’s Canadian wildfires reached 647 million metric tons of carbon, according to the [study published today in Nature](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07878-z). If the fires were a country, they’d rank as the fourth-highest emitter, following only China, the US, and India. The sky-high emissions from the fires reveals how human activities are pushing natural ecosystems to a place that’s making things tougher for our climate efforts.
Feedback loop… I fear we’re beyond the point of no return
Yup and Fossil fuel freaks will use this to say human actions don’t matter nature is worse seeeeee
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**From the article:**
Last year’s Canadian wildfires [smashed records](https://natural-resources.canada.ca/simply-science/canadas-record-breaking-wildfires-2023-fiery-wake-call/25303), burning about seven times more land in Canada’s forests than the annual average over the previous four decades. Eight firefighters were killed and 180,000 people displaced.
Now a new study reveals how these blazes can create a vicious cycle, contributing to climate change even as climate-fueled conditions make for worse wildfire seasons. Emissions from 2023’s Canadian wildfires reached 647 million metric tons of carbon, according to the [study published today in Nature](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07878-z). If the fires were a country, they’d rank as the fourth-highest emitter, following only China, the US, and India. The sky-high emissions from the fires reveals how human activities are pushing natural ecosystems to a place that’s making things tougher for our climate efforts.
Feedback loop… I fear we’re beyond the point of no return
Yup and Fossil fuel freaks will use this to say human actions don’t matter nature is worse seeeeee