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Inside the quest to combat Arctic fires and save the planet’s frozen carbon

Inside the quest to combat Arctic fires and save the planet’s frozen carbon

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In the middle of an especially warm July in 2021, a wildfire ignited in a thick forest of black spruce and peeling paper birch trees on the northern campus of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.  The blaze, possibly sparked by lightning, burned across the dry carpet of feather mosses and lichen before climbing into the…

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