[Last paragraph of the opinion] We cannot stop global warming without dramatically reducing and ultimately eliminating fossil fuel emissions. But we also must keep boreal wildfire emissions in check. We ignore these wildfires and their accelerating climate impacts at our peril. Expanded fire management for climate mitigation in Alaskan boreal forests needs to be part of a portfolio of U.S. actions to limit climate change. Now is the time to advance fire management as an essential and cost-effective strategy to keep the vast stores of boreal forest carbon in the ground.