Arctic wildfires tear through Russia’s Far North releasing megatonnes of carbon
Intense wildfires above the Arctic Circle this June have released megatonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, according to EU scientists. Data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) shows that a majority of the fires are burning in the Sakha Republic in Russia's Far North. These seasonal blazes are moving north as climate change causes temperatures to rise in the Arctic. They tear through tundra and boreal forests, releasing greenhouse gases from the carbon-rich soil. ‘The largest increase in extreme wildfires over the last two decades’The Sakha Republic has seen much higher te...