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PEAT FIRES burning in northern Siberia in the depth of winter

PEAT FIRES burning in northern Siberia in the depth of winter

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Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in Northern Siberia  See the article HERE Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in northeastern Yakutia Pillars of smoke filmed over the areas hit by last summer’s wildfires despite the current long spell of extremely cold weather. http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/peat-fires-continue-to-burn-at-air-temperature-of-50c-in-northeastern-yakutia/ 2 May, 2020 Wildfires ‘critical’ in Siberia and Russian Far East, up to ten times worse than last year https://siberiantimes.com/ecology/others/news/wildfires-critical-in-siberia-and-russian-far-east-up-to-ten-times-worse-than-last-year/ Some recent videos Truth and lies about Arctic sea…

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Peat fires continue to burn in Siberia under the snow in freezing temperatures

Peat fires continue to burn in Siberia under the snow in freezing temperatures

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 Just like last year these fires will come to life when the snow melts. So few are willing or able to face the Full Catastrophe. They have to ignore or deny one part of the equation, whichever “side” they are on. I suppose that is something that is wired into the human psyche which is another reason why we are doomed. Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in northeastern Yakutia Pillars of smoke filmed over the areas hit by…

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Video and pictures from latest research mission show gas release in the Laptev and the East Siberian seas

Video and pictures from latest research mission show gas release in the Laptev and the East Siberian seas

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 Bubbling methane craters and super seeps – is this the worrying new face of the undersea Arctic? Video and pictures from latest research mission show gas release in the Laptev and the East Siberian seas. By Valeria Sukhova, Olga Gertcyk A team of 69 scientists from ten countries documented bubble clouds rising from a depth of around 300 metres (985ft) along a 150km (93 mile) undersea slope in the Laptev Sea, and confirmed high methane concentrations by hundreds of onboard…

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Softpeddling rapid changes in the Arctic

Softpeddling rapid changes in the Arctic

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This is why (along with declining health and energy) I talk less about climate change than I used to and restricted myself to watching what is happening in the Arctic real time. It all takes a lot of time and energy, which I don’t have any more. Laptev Sea Not Refreezing  & Other Arctic Climate  Notes With Dr Zack Labe

Jennifer Hynes and Jim Massa on the methane monster

Jennifer Hynes and Jim Massa on the methane monster

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For those with some stomach for the truth. This is the first I’ve heard of Jim Massa. He’s worth listening to.  Jennifer Hynes & Jim Massa recap the research- a sea that is “boiling” with methane…… Science Talk with Oceanographer Jim Massa. You Tube.   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpHe…

Carbon emissions from this year’s wildfires burning in the Arctic Circle have already outstripped 2019’s record.

Carbon emissions from this year’s wildfires burning in the Arctic Circle have already outstripped 2019’s record.

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 Arctic wildfires emit 35% more CO2 so far in 2020 than for whole of 2019 About 205 megatonnes emitted in June and July alone as Siberia hit by heatwave The Guardian, 31 August, 2020 The amount of carbon dioxide emitted by Arctic wildfires this year is already 35% higher than the figure for the whole of 2019. The latest data, provided by the EU’s Copernicus atmosphere monitoring service, shows that up to 24 August 245 megatonnes of CO2 had been…

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Hardly mentioned in the media: the freakish Arctic fires

Hardly mentioned in the media: the freakish Arctic fires

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 Freakish Arctic Fires Alarmingly Intensify by ROBERT HUNZIKER Counterpunch, 12 August, 2020 NASA satellite images of fires in eastern Siberia depict an inferno of monstrous proportions, nothing in modern history compares.  And, as of July, it’s intensifying. Should people be concerned? Answer: Yes, and double yes. According to Mark Parrington, a senior scientist at the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts: “What has been surprising is the rapid increase in the scale and…

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Calls for help as fires rage near Arctic village, Svatay

Calls for help as fires rage near Arctic village, Svatay

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Desperate calls for help from  Arctic village of Svatay caged  by wildfires Russia’s coldest region struggles to tame fires intensified by lengthy heatwave in extreme north. A wildire in Tomponsky ulus (district) of Yakutia, east of Republic’s capital city of Yakutsk Siberian Times, 27 July, 2020 Wildfires are raging all around the vast Republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia,  with a massive blanket of smoke visible from space in the far north beside the  Arctic Ocean.  Some are in…

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Siberian wildfires and the Arctic ice melt in the media

Siberian wildfires and the Arctic ice melt in the media

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19 million ha (47 million  acres) of land scorched as  wildfires continue to rage in  Siberia Watchers, 20 July, 2020 Major cities in Russia are covered in haze and smoke as mega wildfires continue to rage through Siberia. According to satellite monitoring data, fires have torched 19 million ha (47 million acres) of the area since the beginning of 2020– an area bigger than Greece. About 10 million ha (25 million acres) of these suffered forest fires. Much of the…

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