By digging into the geologic record, scientists are learning how wildfires shaped — and were shaped by — climate change long ago.
Tag: Charcoal
How Demand for Twigs Is Bringing Down a Rainforest
In the Congo River Basin, people who collect bundles of wood to make charcoal are playing a surprisingly large role in the deforestation of a region that rivals the Amazon in importance.
Antarctica Was Once a Land of Fire and Not Ice
Charcoal recovered from a dig near the southern continent shows that the region wasn’t spared from the era scientists call a “super fire world.”