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Vast amounts of carbon dioxide are produced during a forest fire (top), but results from field tests suggest that microorganisms that inhabit the charcoal littering the forest floor after the blaze (bottom) also accelerate decomposition in the soil.

Credit: O. Zackrisson, M.-C. Nilsson
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