Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Siberian heatwave of 2020 'almost impossible' without climate change

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Siberian wildfire north of the Arctic Circle. Photo by Pierre Markuse.

In the first six months of 2020, Siberia experienced a period of unusually high temperatures, causing wide-scale impacts including wildfires, loss of permafrost, and an invasion of pests. Story here. 






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