Climate change could make overwinter 'zombie' fires more common | Wildfires

Study finds burn area from fires that survive winter varies depending on warmth of summers
Smoke rises from a wildfire south of Talkeetna, Alaska, in 2019. Photograph: Lance King/Getty Images
Smoke rises from a wildfire south of Talkeetna, Alaska, in 2019. Photograph: Lance King/Getty Images
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Wed 19 May 2021 13.01 EDT
First published on Wed 19 May 2021 12.15 EDT
In the boreal forests of the far northern hemisphere, where the climate is warming faster than almost anywhere else, some wildfires are surviving winter snows and picking up again in spring.
Now scientists from the Netherlands and Alaska have figured out how to calculate the scope of those “zombie fires” that smoulder year-round in the peaty soil.

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