Canadian Wildfire Carbon Emissions Reach Highest Level on Record
- Smoke that enveloped parts of North America reaches Europe
- Climate change is fueling ever more destructive blazes
A waterbomber drops water onto the Cameron Bluffs wildfire near Port Alberni, British Columbia.
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Carbon emissions from wildfires in Canada are at record levels, with a plume of smoke crossing the Atlantic Ocean to cover parts of western Europe.
The amount of carbon spewed into the atmosphere reached about 160 megatons through June 26, the European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said Tuesday. That’s the largest annual estimate for the country in 21 years of Global Fire Assimilation System data.