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" One thousand years of fires: Integrating proxy and model data "
Kehrwald, Natalie Marie; Aleman, Julie; Coughlan, Michael; Courtney-Mustaphi, Colin; Githumbi, Esther; Magi, Brian; Marlon, Jennifer; Power, Mitchell J.
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AL
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920781
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LA1d92610x
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English
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Kehrwald, Natalie Marie; Aleman, Julie; Coughlan, Michael; Courtney-Mustaphi, Colin; Githumbi, Esther; Magi, Brian; Marlon, Jennifer; Power, Mitchell J.
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One thousand years of fires: Integrating proxy and model data [Article]\ Kehrwald, Natalie Marie; Aleman, Julie; Coughlan, Michael; Courtney-Mustaphi, Colin; Githumbi, Esther; Magi, Brian; Marlon, Jennifer; Power, Mitchell J.
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Frontiers of Biogeography
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8/1
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2016
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The current fires raging across Indonesia are emitting more carbon than the annual fossil fuel emissions of Germany or Japan, and the fires are still consuming vast tracts of rainforest and peatlands. The National Interagency Fire Center (<a href=''http://www.nifc.gov''>www.nifc.gov</a>) notes that 2015 is one worst fire years on record in the U.S., where more than 9 million acres burned -- equivalent to the combined size of Massachusetts and New Jersey. The U.S. and Indonesian fires have already displaced tens of thousands of people, and their impacts on ecosystems are still unclear. In the case of Indonesia, the burning peat is destroying much of the existing soil, with unknown implications for the type of vegetation regrowth. Such large fires result from a combination of fire management practices, increasing anthropogenic land use, and a changing climate.
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