Russian Greenpeace on Monday released aerial footage showing day and night shots of large-scale wildfires raging in Siberia.
Russia’s Federal forestry agency reported on its website on Monday that in the past 24 hours, the territory of wildfires, currently addressed by its forces decreased by 24 percent and amounted to 28 thousand hectares.
Greenpeace said earlier in July that 4.62 million hectares of forest had burned across Russia since the start of the year.
Sweltering heat and dry weather have helped wildfires spread across many regions of Russia, reaching into the boreal forest and tundra that blanket northern Russia.
Scientists say they expect record-breaking temperatures in Siberia - which reached as high as 38 Celsius (more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit) last month, according to reports - will continue to spawn wildfires and cause more greenhouse gases to be released into the air.
The high temperatures over northern Russia have fueled massive wildfires, set normally moist peat bogs ablaze and thawed permafrost, adding to worry over the potential impact on the global climate of rapid shifts in the Arctic.
Russian Greenpeace on Monday (July 20) released aerial footage showing shots of large-scale wildfires raging in #Siberia. pic.twitter.com/ufan6920nr
— Press TV (@PressTV) July 21, 2020
(Source: Reuters)
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