NYT > World News For 1st Time, Fires Are Biggest Threat to Forests’ Climate-Fighting Superpower Par :Sachi Kitajima Mulkey and Harry Stevens 24 juillet 2025 à 08:00 Forests play a major role pulling planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. As the world heats up, some forests are becoming emitters in their own right. © Adriano Machado/ReutersA wildfire in an area of National Forest Brasília in Brazil last September.