Scott Goetz recently collaborated with researchers Xanthe Walker, Michelle Mack and Ted Schuur from NAU’s Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (ECOSS) on a study estimating carbon emissions from an unprecedentedly large fire in Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT). Accurate predictions of carbon emissions are necessary to predict future climate feedbacks. This study examined the major sources of heterogeneity that impact carbon emissions at different scales. This increased understanding can be used to improve high resolution modeling of carbon emissions across understudied areas.
Read more about this study here, and read the full article in Global Change Biology here.