Kindling For Climate Change

Toolik scientists study the long-term impact of a raging fire in the Arctic

Researchers at Toolik Field Station, the National Science Foundation's Arctic long-term ecological research site located about 150 miles south of the Arctic Ocean, are studying the impact of severely burned tundra on the local and global environment.

Though scientists have for years examined burns in Alaska's boreal forest, where fire is a natural part of the growing cycle, the idea of a blazing fire in the tundra is hard to imagine. Full Story »

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Topics: Climate Change
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 17, 2009 - 8:54 PM PDT
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by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 17, 2009

An interesting knugget of knowledge for the effects of global climate change.

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