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Climate models may be wrong as fires cancel forest carbon sinks
Widely assumed to be huge carbon sinks, vast boreal forests are increasingly hit by fires so may be releasing carbon more quickly than they store it
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Widely assumed to be huge carbon sinks, vast boreal forests are increasingly hit by fires so may be releasing carbon more quickly than they store it
This year's El Niño looks likely to be the largest in nearly 20 years, and countries from Kenya to Peru are on high alert