Video
Burning
All the mass of all the trees that you’re seeing around is mostly coming from atmospheric CO 2 . So when we cut down forests and burn forests, then we are releasing CO 2 into the atmosphere.
Acknowledgements Dr Sara Mikaloff-Fletcher, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Scrub fire footage, courtesy Scion
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Published: 30 June 2010,Updated: 
