Setting fire (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Setting fire

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A new study quantifies how much adding a ton of human-produced carbon dioxide emissions will contribute to human mortality over time. Here, a farmer in the Peruvian Amazon sets a fire to clear land for agriculture. Such fires are a substantial source of emissions.

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Kevin Krajick/Earth Institute

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