Past Human Errors to Blame for Russian Peat Fires - New York Times
Interesting, I did not realize that peat fires were such a big deal, or that they could burn underground ('subterranean conflagrations'). It is mentioned briefly in this article that when these are burning, they have a much larger effect globally than a regular flame fire. When peat burns, it releases the massive amounts of Carbon stored in that peat immediately. If all of the carbon stored in peat was released through burning, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere right now would immediately double and majorly intensify the greenhouse effect.
