Friday, September 11, 2020

The Arctic is burning like never before — and that’s bad news for climate change

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Wildfire smoke at the Arctic Circle.  MIKOFOX ⌘ 2020 Vision

Fires are releasing record levels of carbon dioxide, partly because they are burning ancient peatlands that have been a carbon sink. Story here.

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