As of June, CO2 emissions from Arctic fires are already the third highest in 20 years for this time of year, Europe’s Copernicus agency reports.
Extensive wildfires have devastated areas of the Arctic, particularly in Russia, during the month of June, areas that recorded some of the highest CO2 emissions in the last 20 years, today the European Copernicus service.
“Since June, CO2 emissions that came from fires (in the Arctic) already are the third highest in the last 20 years for the period this year, after the big fire seasons of 2019 and 2020,” the Copernicus monitoring service said. of the atmosphere (CAMS).
According to the data it recorded until June 26, the current month has already accumulated emissions 6.8 million tons of CO2, compared to 16.3 in June 2020 and 13.8 in 2019.
The areas most affected by the fires are currently in the Republic of Sakha in the Far North of Russia, which has already suffered significant damage in 2021, Copernicus points out.
“The Arctic is at the center of climate change and the increasing fires in Siberia are a clear warning that this critical system is not approaching dangerous tipping points,” said Gail Wightman, a professor at the University of Exeter and founder of the Arctic Specialist Group. Base camp.
“What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay there – changes there amplify global risks for all of us,” he warned.
The Arctic is affected by a phenomenon called “Arctic amplification”, which causes faster than average latitudes, four times more than the global average according to one study.
Wildfires tend to peak in the Northern Hemisphere in July and August.
Russia’s state-run TASS news agency quoted Sakha Deputy Minister of Ecology, Nature Management and Forestry Andrei Konopleev as saying that more than 160 fires in the Sakha Republic had burned nearly 460,000 hectares by June 24.
Source: Skai
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