2020 Russian wildfires explained

In June 2020, despite being within the Arctic Circle, Verkhoyansk hit a temperature of 100.4F.^[1] In Russia's two easternmost districts, 18,591 distinct fires have consumed 14e6hectare.^[2]

In September 2020 scientists warned that an "international effort is needed to manage a changing fire regime in the vulnerable Arctic", reporting that satellite data shows how the Arctic fire regime is changing.^{[3] [4]} On 3 September EU institutions reported that, according to satellite data, the Arctic fires already far surpassed the total of CO₂ emissions for the 2019 season.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Irfan . Umair . 23 June 2020 . Why it's so damn hot in the Arctic right now . Vox.
2. Witze . Alexandra . 21 September 2020 . The Arctic is burning like never before — and that's bad news for climate change . Nature . 585 . 7825 . 336–337 . 2020Natur.585..336W . 10.1038/d41586-020-02568-y . 32913318 . 221625701.
3. News: The Arctic is burning in a whole new way . en . phys.org . 11 October 2020.
4. McCarty . Jessica L. . Smith . Thomas E. L. . Turetsky . Merritt R. . October 2020 . Arctic fires re-emerging . Nature Geoscience . en . 13 . 10 . 658–660 . 2020NatGe..13..658M . 10.1038/s41561-020-00645-5 . 1752-0908 . 221985747 . 11 October 2020.
5. News: Record CO2 emissions for Arctic wildfires: EU . en . phys.org . 11 October 2020.