Newly identified atmospheric circulation enhances heatwaves and wildfires around the Arctic

A team of scientists from Japan, South Korea, and the U.S. published a new study in the journal Environmental Research Letters which showed that a summertime climate pattern in and around the Arctic could drive large-scale wildfires with air pollution over Siberia and subpolar North America.

Newly identified atmospheric circulation enhances heatwaves and wildfires around the Arctic

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