Siberian heatwave: Wildfires rage in Arctic, sea ice melts
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This image taken from video provided by Russian Emergency Ministry, shows a Russian Emergency Ministry multipurpose amphibious aircraft releasing water to extinguish the fire in the Trans-Baikal National Park in Buryatia, southern Siberia, Russia, Thursday, July 9, 2020. About 910 hectares of forest were alight over this area of the Russia's region, according to the ministry of emergency situations. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)This image taken from video provided by Russian Emergency Ministry, shows a Russian Emergency Ministry's Beriev plane BE-200 Be-200 multipurpose amphibious aircraft releases water extinguishing in the Trans-Baikal National Park in Buryatia, southern Siberia, Russia, Friday, July 10, 2020. A summer heatwave across Siberia has spread the area of forestfires, with Irkutsk region northbound on Lake Baikal experiencing at least 50 fires, Russian state television reported Friday. According to Greenpeace, three million hectares of forest are currently under fire in Siberia. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)This photo taken on Friday, June 19, 2020 and provided by ECMWF Copernicus Climate Change Service shows the land surface temperature in the Siberia region of Russia. A record-breaking temperature of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) was registered in the Arctic town of Verkhoyansk on Saturday, June 20 in a prolonged heatwave that has alarmed scientists around the world. (ECMWF Copernicus Climate Change Service via AP)
This image taken from video provided by Russian Emergency Ministry, shows a Russian Emergency Ministry multipurpose amphibious aircraft releasing water to extinguish the fire in the Trans-Baikal National Park in Buryatia, southern Siberia, Russia, Thursday, July 9, 2020. About 910 hectares of forest were alight over this area of the Russia's region, according to the ministry of emergency situations. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)