Intense Arctic Wildfires Set a Pollution Record

The New York Times

Intense wildfires in the Arctic in June released more polluting gases into the Earth’s atmosphere than in any other month in 18 years of data collection, European scientists said in a report Tuesday. The fires released 59 million metric tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide that month, greater than all the carbon emissions produced by Norway, an oil-producing country, in a year.

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