More frequent fires reduce soil carbon and fertility, slowing the regrowth of plants

Frequent burning over decades reduces the amount of carbon and nitrogen stored in soils of savanna grasslands and broadleaf forests, in part because reduced plant growth means less carbon being drawn out of the atmosphere and stored in plant matter.


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By Ibama from Brasil - Operação Kuarup, Agosto/2016, CC BY 2.0