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@inbook{Rein:2015:10.1016/B978-0-444-59510-2.00001-X,
author = {Rein, G},
booktitle = {Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective},
doi = {10.1016/B978-0-444-59510-2.00001-X},
pages = {1--11},
title = {Smoldering-Peat Megafires: The Largest Fires on Earth},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-59510-2.00001-X},
year = {2015}
}
TY - CHAP
AB - Smoldering megafires are the largest and longest burning fires on Earth. They destroy essential peat land ecosystems and are responsible for 15% of annual global greenhouse gas emissions. This is the same amount attributed to all the combustion engine vehicles in the world, yet it is not accounted for in global carbon budgets. Peat fires also induce surges of respiratory emergencies in the population and disrupt shipping and aviation routes for long periods, weeks, and even months. Despite their importance, we do not understand how smoldering fires ignite, spread, or extinguish, which impedes the development of any successful mitigation strategy. Megafires are routinely fought across the globe with techniques that were developed for flaming fires, and are thus ineffective for smoldering. Moreover, the burning of deep peat affects older soil carbon that has not been part of the active carbon cycle for centuries to millennia, and thus creates a positive feedback to the climate system.
AU - Rein,G
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-444-59510-2.00001-X
EP - 11
PY - 2015///
SP - 1
TI - Smoldering-Peat Megafires: The Largest Fires on Earth
T1 - Coal and Peat Fires: A Global Perspective
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-59510-2.00001-X
ER -
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