Canada’s 2023 wildfires created four times more emissions than planes did last year – report
Canada’s 2023 wildfires created four times more emissions than planes did last year – report
www.theguardian.com Canada’s 2023 wildfires created four times more emissions than planes did last year – report
Months-long fires spewed about the same amount of carbon dioxide that 647m cars put in the air in a year, data shows
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Always these odd comparisons. Just give us the amount of CO2 emitted!
9 0 Reply3.28bn tons (2.98 metric tons)
I bet you didn't know that a metric ton was 1.1 billion times bigger than whatever non-metric ton they're referring to.
5 0 ReplyHahaha indeed. But seriously, within the accuracy of the researchers I do not even know why they use 3 significant digits. I highly doubt they can be better than 0.5 % accurate. I would expect a value rounded to the nearest 0.1 (2 significant digits).
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