Amidst an elongated and abnormal heatwave, land temperatures in the Article Circle have hit 48C – breaking records and contributing to fires in the region.
So What?
The Amazon Rainforest emitting more carbon than it stores, devastating fires in California and Australia over the past couple of years, climate migration due to desertification occurring on every continent, and now parts of Siberia and Canada breaking temperature records and setting alight all signal the climate crisis gathering pace. Could fires and record temperatures in the Arctic spur drastic and emergency climate action? If not, what climate catastrophe would spur the drastic emergency response?
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