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Arctic fires re-emerging

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Underground smouldering fires resurfaced early in 2020, contributing to the unprecedented wildfires that tore through the Arctic this spring and summer. An international effort is needed to manage a changing fire regime in the vulnerable Arctic.

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Fig. 1: Composite satellite image from Sentinel-2 (true colour composite with mid-wavelength infrared overlay showing location of active burning in shades of orange).

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  1. Department of Geography, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA

    Jessica L. McCarty

  2. Geospatial Analysis Center, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA

    Jessica L. McCarty

  3. Department of Geography & Environment, London School of Economics & Political Science, London, UK

    Thomas E. L. Smith

  4. Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

    Merritt R. Turetsky

  5. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

    Merritt R. Turetsky

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McCarty, J.L., Smith, T.E.L. & Turetsky, M.R. Arctic fires re-emerging. Nat. Geosci. 13, 658–660 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-00645-5

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