Vast amounts of CO2 released by fires. The devastating bushfires blazing across Australia’s state of Victoria have also released millions of tons of CO2. Research by Professor Mark Adams of the University of Sydney, Australia, found that fires in 2003 released 190 million tons of CO2-equivalent, about one-third of the nation’s total greenhouse gas production that year. Southeast Asia saw similar effects after huge fires in 1997 released 6 billion tons of CO2. The concern is that these massive releases could trigger a cycle that further accelerates the heating of the atmosphere.

We sincerely thank you, Professor Adams, for revealing yet another aspect of our endangered ecosphere. With Heaven’s grace, let us all care for each other and the Earth to help protect our world from further potential harm.