Smoke from Canada's wildfires darkens Europe's skies
NPR Online NewsAUG 2023
The clock is ticking as shown by recent events in Canada and Siberia. Wildfires in the northern latitudes are a time bomb of carbon being exacerbated each year, that have already released record-high levels of planet-warming emissions into the atmosphere. Wildfire-triggered greenhouse emissions must be addressed as part of the ongoing climate crisis.
While climate change could be one of many factors in this situation, the best way to handle wildfires in northern latitudes is to practice better forest management. Decades of mismanagement have led to extraordinary quantities of dry timber — it's time to clean out this threat through better policies and practices.