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Zombie wildfires are blazing through the Arctic, causing record burning – Live Science
The Arctic wildfire season has been the worst since record-keeping began.
“Zombie” wildfires that were smoldering beneath the Arctic ice all winter suddenly flared to life this summer when the snow and ice above it melted, new monitoring data reveals.
And this year has been the worst for Arctic wildfires on record, since reliable monitoring began 17 years ago. Arctic fires this summer released as much carbon in the first half of July than a nation the size of Cuba or Tunisia does in a year.
That’s according to monitoring by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Serv…
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