Wildfires will make the land absorb much less carbon, even if warming is kept below 1.5°C

One of the aims of the Paris Agreement was to "pursue efforts" to keep global warming below 1.5°C, but even this ambitious target would not stop the land's ability to absorb carbon weakening as wildfires become fiercer and more frequent, according to U.K. and Brazilian scientists.

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global warming level at which fire began to impact the land's ability to absorb carbon was 1.07°C above pre-industrial levels, and that fire is already playing a major role in hampering that ability.

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