Wildfires pushed Canada into world’s top four CO2 emitters in 2023
In the Canadian wildfires 2,371 megatons of CO2 were released, pushing Canada from eleventh to fourth place in the ranking of the largest CO2 emitters /British Colombia Wildfire Service
Record wildfires in 2023 pushed Canada into the world's top four greenhouse gas-emitting countries that year. This is evident from a study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday.
In 2023, wildfires burned about 15 million hectares – about four percent of Canada's total forest area – and
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