This, in turn, exacerbates hotter, drier conditions which enable wildfires." How much CO2 do wildfires add to the atmosphere? Wildfires have added 5.3 billion tonnes of CO2 to the atmosphere in ...

and generating that energy emits the equivalent of more than 27 million tons of carbon dioxide. The U.S. also leads the world in dryer ownership, with more than 80% of homes having one ...