'Zombie Fires' in the Arctic pump out carbon at record pace

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NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) - Wildfires that have raged in the Arctic Circle since early spring led to a record spike in pollution from the infernos last month.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

NEW YORK - Wildfires that have raged in the Arctic Circle since early spring led to a record spike in pollution from the infernos last month.

"The June 2020 map shows that the fire activity has been further to the east in the Siberian Arctic than in 2019, with more widespread fires in the non-Arctic parts of eastern Siberia," Cams senior scientist Mark Parrington said by e-mail. The fire season, which usually starts in early May and picks up at the beginning of June started earlier, with satellites registering wildfires as soon as March.

 

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