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Wildfire shifts could dump more ice-melting soot in Arctic

In some areas, black carbon emissions from blazes will double, simulations predict

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FIRE STARTER  Wildfires will spew more soot into the air in many regions by the end of the century, new research predicts. That soot could darken Arctic ice and accelerate melting.

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By Thomas Sumner

- More than 2 years ago

Raging wildfires could burn away efforts to reduce Arctic-damaging soot emissions.