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The burning Arctic – Scientists are tracking an “unprecedented” number of fires burning north of the Arctic Circle in Greenland, Russia, Canada, and Alaska after a record summer heatwave. By one estimate, the fires released more carbon dioxide than Sweden’s entire annual emissions in June alone. It’s the kind of feedback loop that we’re likely to see more of as global temperatures continue to rise: a heat wave dries out tundra, then fires release huge amounts of CO2, further […]