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A satellite image of the southern edge of the Central Siberian Plateau

Huge Arctic fires have now emitted a record-breaking amount of CO2

25 July 2019

Wildfires still burning in the Arctic have continued for so long they have now released more carbon dioxide than any other year since records began

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