[mpg33]

You'd think large forest fires would have an impact though in terms of the regrowth.

[CGamesPlay]

Tree growth and forest fires are just moving carbon back and forth between the air, soil, and trees. You can’t simply “destroy” the carbon, you have to keep it somewhere. Similarly, humans aren’t “creating” carbon, we are just taking it out of the oil it was in and putting it into the air.