{"id":27124,"date":"2024-08-29T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=27124"},"modified":"2024-08-29T16:00:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T16:00:16","slug":"natural-disturbances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=27124","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;natural disturbances&#8221;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/B3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/B3.jpg 700w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/B3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/B3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><strong><em>Canada&#8217;s 2023 wildfires emitted enough carbon to equal India&#8217;s annual emissions<\/em><\/strong><\/p><cite> <\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/B2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/B2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/B2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/B2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AXIOS article August 29\/24<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/29\/canada-wildfire-carbon-emissions-study\">https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/29\/canada-wildfire-carbon-emissions-study <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/B1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/B1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/B1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/B1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EXCERPTS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/06\/27\/canada-wildfires-forest-loss-co2-emission\">record 2023 wildfire season<\/a>&nbsp;emitted so much carbon into the atmosphere that it put the country on par with the annual fossil fuel emissions of India, a new study finds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The study&#8217;s results also illustrate the fraught politics of carbon accounting, since Canada does not report wildfire-related emissions to the U.N. under the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/22\/climate-change-paris-targets-overshoot\">Paris Agreement<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-024-07878-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">paper<\/a>, published in the journal&nbsp;<em>Nature<\/em>&nbsp;by an international team of researchers, provides a warning about designing carbon offset programs around ecosystems long thought to be relatively stable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>In just five months,<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Canada emitted enough carbon from wildfires in 2023 \u2014 647 million metric tons \u2014 to be comparable to the annual fossil fuel emissions from the top 10 largest emitters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/B4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/B4.jpg 700w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/B4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/B4-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>The study notes that Canada does not currently report its emissions from wildfires, treating them as <strong>&#8220;natural disturbances&#8221;<\/strong> despite the ample evidence of how human-caused climate change is worsening these blazes.<\/p><cite> <\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/B3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/B3.png 700w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/B3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/B3-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Court-Painiter-Boreal-1-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Court-Painiter-Boreal-1-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Court-Painiter-Boreal-1--300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Court-Painiter-Boreal-1--768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Court Painter seen with an AHM painting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Images: Allan Harding MacKay  Smouldering Boreal Series 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada&#8217;s 2023 wildfires emitted enough carbon to equal India&#8217;s annual emissions AXIOS article August 29\/24 EXCERPTS: Canada&#8217;s&nbsp;record 2023 wildfire season&nbsp;emitted so much carbon into the atmosphere that it put the country on par with the annual fossil fuel emissions of India, a new study finds.&nbsp; The&nbsp;paper, published in the journal&nbsp;Nature&nbsp;by an international team of researchers, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=27124\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8220;natural 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