The University of Alaska Fairbanks: Researchers find unexpectedly large methane source in overlooked landscape

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6. I knew that these did not exactly address your concerns

My instinct is that the ongoing releases would not add much fuel to the dramatic tree wildfire. These are intense, with lots of fuel burning very, very quickly. I don’t believe the methane seeps would keep up.

However, the northern fires release much more greenhouse gas than fires in California (for example) when they burn down into the underlying peat. Then, they keep releasing methane long after the fire.