HOT research: fires & carbon emissions [Dave van Wees][xxxiv]

Dave van Wees uses satellite data to produce world class fire emission estimates and has even found novel new uses for this method - such as estimating the carbon sink capacity over time. 50% of global land area burned by fire during an average year occurs on the African continent. Indonesian peatland fires can be equivalent to ALL anthropogenic emissions in 1 year! That’s a lot of emissions! Land and ocean sinks continue to sequester carbon at the same rate (compared to 60 years ago) despite more GHGs in the atmosphere. This was a knowledge rich, fascinating and stellar episode that was broadcast live on radiopatapoe.nl from the VU Amsterdam on 3rd December 2021. Thank you Dave for a ripper podcast. I wish you all the best on your journey!