From Australia to Chile, a visualization of the distribution of wildfire smoke (graphics.reuters.com) 7 points by ehnto 6y ago ↗ HN
[–] trox 6y ago ↗ From the article:> As they have raged for months in Australia, the fires have pumped 400 megatonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphereThat's crazy. For comparison, 400 megatonnes is roughly half of what Germany emits in a whole year.[1][1] https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germanys-co2-emissions-...
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 12.7 ms ] thread> As they have raged for months in Australia, the fires have pumped 400 megatonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
That's crazy. For comparison, 400 megatonnes is roughly half of what Germany emits in a whole year.[1]
[1] https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germanys-co2-emissions-...