by faster | Jul 26, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: EuroNews DATE: July 26, 2019 SNIP: While most of Europe is focussing on this week’s record-breaking heatwave, others are making worried glances at what is happening in the Arctic Circle. More than 100 “intense and long-lived wildfires” have...
by faster | Jul 24, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Business Insider DATE: July 24, 2019 SNIP: Vast areas of the Arctic have been engulfed in flames in wildfires that experts have called “unprecedented,” new satellite photos show. Pierre Markuse, a satellite photography expert, posted images online...
by faster | Jul 11, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Inside Climate News DATE: July 11, 2019 SNIP: Under the choking black smoke from the bog and forest fires in Siberia and Alaska, it can feel like the Earth itself is burning. The normally moist, black organic peat soil and lush forests have been drying, and...
by faster | Jul 4, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Vice DATE: July 4, 2019 SNIP: Across the Arctic, more than 100 wildfires are releasing clouds of carbon dioxide and other harmful emissions into the atmosphere. The fires have been burning across the Arctic Circle in Siberia and Alaska for weeks. Though fire...
by faster | Jul 1, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: High Country News DATE: July 1, 2019 SNIP: At times over the past two summers, Seattle experienced some of the worst air quality in the world. With wildfires breaking out in British Columbia, Oregon, and California, the city was hit by smoke from nearly every...
