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Climate Change Is So Bad, Even the Arctic Is On Fire (archive.is)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by vegeta1@hexbear.net to c/doomer@hexbear.net

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

shitty burgeoise website refusing to let me in because i'm 'suspicious' and i dont feel like getting around it.

what does it say? wtf is combustible enough in the arctic to be on fire?

[–] Hexboare@hexbear.net 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It's wildfires and peat fires in the Arctic circle

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago

this is insane to even think about. we are truly fucked.

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago

Try https://archive.is/loSOX

The permafrost has a lot of peat, which has been a historical source of fuel in boggy environments since prehistory. It burns well if it's dry enough and peat fires can "overwinter" in smoldering hotspots that return in the summer.