Nature Communications (Dec 2018)

Fire air pollution reduces global terrestrial productivity

  • Xu Yue,
  • Nadine Unger

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07921-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Fires cause large perturbations to terrestrial carbon cycle through direct carbon emissions. Here the authors combine several models and measurement datasets and show that fires can indirectly worsen the carbon loss through the net negative impacts on ecosystem productivity from fire ozone and aerosols.