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Aug. 3 (UPI) — The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts’ Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) has reported that this year’s carbon emissions from wildfires in Canada have reached unprecedented levels.
According to CAMS, the emissions detected in Canada for this year have already surpassed any previous records registered by the Global Fire Assimilation System v 1.2, which has been operating since 2003.
CAMS has detected a staggering 290 megatons of carbon emissions from Canada so far this year, which is more than twice the previous record of 138 megatons set in 2014.
The European Commission states that the GFAS incorporates fire radiative power (FRP) observations from satellite-based sensors to estimate daily wildfire and biomass burning emissions. It also provides information on injection heights derived from fire observations and meteorological data from the ECMWF weather forecasts.
In addition to monitoring wildfires in Canada, the European Commission in collaboration with the European Space Agency has also utilized the GFAS to track wildfires in Greece, Algeria, and Italy.
“We have been closely monitoring the emissions from wildfires across Canada for the past three months since May. During this time, the emissions have continued to rise steadily, surpassing the total annual fire emissions for Canada in our dataset,” said Mark Parrington, a senior scientist at CAMS.
Since fire emissions from boreal regions typically peak in late July and early August, it is expected that the total emissions will continue to increase for several more weeks. CAMS will continue to monitor the situation.
The data from CAMS is regularly updated and accessible to the public online.
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