Now, beyond the major costs in lives and property and the economy, there's also a big carbon impact to wildfire. In fact, The additional carbon from California's 2020 wildfires was greater than the carbon that Californians had worked so hard to save over the previous two decades. The largest fires are called mega fires. These are the ones that burn over 100,000 acres with the intensity that can threaten aquifers and biodiversity, and even cause forest conversion in which trees are so damaged that they just don't grow back. (01:54–02:07)
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