Caption: Tom Gower, a University of Wisconsin-Madison forest ecology and management professor, examines the site of a 1989 burn in Canada’s boreal forest.
Photo by: Wolfgang Hoffmann
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Caption: An aerial view reveals the extent of a 2003 fire in the boreal forest of Manitoba, Canada. University of Wisconsin-Madison forest ecologist Tom Gower has found that fires are the leading environmental factor driving the balance of carbon dioxide uptake and release in these forests.
Photo by: Wolfgang Hoffmann
Date: unknown
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