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Smoke from Wildfires Can Have Lasting Climate Impact

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Okefenokee Swamp Wildfire
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591981
May 22, 2017

Researchers have found that carbon particles released into the air from burning trees and other organic matter are much more likely than previously thought to travel to the upper levels of the atmosphere, where they can interfere with rays from the sun.

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