Arctic fires released more carbon in two months than Scandinavia will all year

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By Maddie StoneAug 4, 2020, 12:27 pm271 pts
Almost exactly a year ago, we reported that June and July wildfires in the Arctic had released as much carbon as Belgium does in an entire year — an unprecedented summertime burn that would amplify the region’s climate change–fueled fever. But everything, apparently, is worse in 2020, including the…

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