Wildfires, while playing a crucial ecological role in clearing dead material and promoting new growth, are becoming increasingly frequent and intense due to climate and land use changes. A recent study in Nature Geoscience highlights that wildfires can have far-reaching impacts, such as delivering essential nutrients like phosphorus to distant ecosystems, thereby boosting productivity. For instance, aerosols from fires in deforested regions can enhance plant growth in the Amazon, and iron-rich aerosols from the 2019-2020 Australian wildfires stimulated marine productivity.