The hot spots are seemingly concentrated in the same areas that burned last summer — Russia, Greenland, Canada, and the U.S. state of Alaska
‘Zombie fires’ in the Arctic are reigniting and could be a sign of bigger blazes to come this summer, scientists say.
“We may see a cumulative effect of last year’s fire season in the Arctic which will feed into the upcoming season, and could lead to large-scale and long-term fires across the same region once again,” Parrington said, according to Science Alert. Parrington said that the hot spots are seemingly concentrated in the same areas that burned last summer — Russia, Greenland, Canada, and the U.S. state of Alaska.
Scientists in Alaska have also observed over 35 ‘holdover fires’ — embers buried deep in the soil in peat lands that spark weeks, months or years later — in the region since 2005. Seven of them were visible from space.
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