Arctic regions are burning – and it should set alarm bells ringing

This summer, over 600 wildfires have consumed more than 2.4 million acres of forest across Alaska. Image: REUTERS/John Kolesidis
Nancy Fresco
SNAP Coordinator, Research Faculty, University of Alaska Fairbanks

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