The wildfire factor
NaturePublished 1 November 2002
David Schimel, D. F. Baker
Citations119
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SJR score18.29
SNIP10.16
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Events such as wildfires, occurring on a tiny area of the globe, can have a huge impact on the global carbon cycle, according to investigation of the terrible fires that afflicted Indonesia five years ago.
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Events such as wildfires, occurring on a tiny area of the globe, can have a huge impact on the global carbon cycle. This much is plain from investigation of the terrible fires that afflicted Indonesia five years ago.
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