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A huge (but little-reported) stat: 'In the particularly bad stretch from 2023 to 2025, some 8 percent of Canada’s forests burned' One wonders what the figure is after this summer's infernos. As the item points out, the issue is not just destruction and smoke -- before burning these forests 'act as massive vaults for carbon [...and] have become their own notable source of greenhouse gases' 14-day gift read https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/07/canadian-forests-are-big/687936/?gift=rMst1BY9gP1HWgkOEVmAK2Mzmv8pEqFaNdA37Cj5u68&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share #climatechange #wildfire #forestfire #environment #canada