As wildfires in Siberia become more common, global climate modeling estimates significant impacts on climate, air quality, health, and economies in East Asia and across the northern hemisphere.

It's a hint of the drama unfolding over the hills - the battle against fire. Forest fires in Siberia are common. But this summer unusually hot weather, dry thunderstorms and strong winds have ...

In 2021, fires in Siberia burned millions of acres and emitted a record amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The region experienced high heat, low soil moisture and drought as well.

most of the fires in 2012 have burned through taiga in remote parts of eastern and central Siberia. On September 11, 2012, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s ...

Wildfires are ravaging parts of the Arctic, with areas of Siberia, Alaska, Greenland and Canada engulfed in flames and smoke. Satellite images show how the plumes of smoke from the fires ...

Siberia has been devastated by wildfires during this year’s hot summer. The worst-affected areas are in the Republic of Yakutia, where 1.1 million hectares of forest is burning; Krasnoyarsk ...

Climate-induced lightning is becoming more frequent and powerful, triggering more wildfires, particularly in Siberia, Canada and Alaska, and releasing the carbon locked in permafrost Hong Kong ...

"We have developed a new approach to estimating emissions of carbon-containing gases in wildfires in Siberia, including in the Arctic zone, in terms of pure carbon. This is a refined technique ...

The snow is mostly gone in Siberia which means that the time is ripe for wildfires. This region is mostly dry when the snows are gone and lightning or a carelessly thrown cigarette can easily ...