Siberia reels under wildfires for third year in a row
Top Searches
Siberia reels under wildfires for third year in a row
NYT News Service / Jul 19, 2021, 07:41 IST
FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail
MAGARAS: For the third year in a row, residents of northeastern Siberia are reeling from the worst wildfires they can remember, and many are left feeling helpless, angry and alone. In recent years, summer temperatures in the Russian Arctic have gone as high as 100 degrees, feeding enormous blazes that thaw what was once permanently frozen ground.
Last year, wildfires scorched more than 1,55,399 square kilometres of forest and tundra.
Scientists say the fires have been made possible by the extraordinary summer heat in recent years in Siberia. Last year, the fires in the Siberian region of Yakutia released roughly as much CO2 as did all the fuel consumption in Mexico in 2018, according to the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service in Reading, England.
As frozen land burns, Siberia trembles over sustainability threats
straitstimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from straitstimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As frozen land burns, Siberia trembles: If we don t have the forest, we don t have life
bdnews24.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bdnews24.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.