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https://www.mub.eps.manchester.ac.uk/sees/wp-content/uploads/sites/76/2020/01/forest-fire-2268725_1280-1.jpg1280964Dr James Allan, Reader in Atmospheric Science here at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, explains more about the effects of wildfires. James highlighted some of the science behind wildfires that feeds their connection to climate change, including the damaging effects of black carbon.