Subscribe to Receive the Daily Report

Wednesday, July 21st, 2021

Siberia Forest Fires Fueled by Historic Drought, Heatwave

Author:    
Source:     The Moscow Times
Publication Date:     July 5, 2021
 Link: Siberia Forest Fires Fueled by Historic Drought, Heatwave
Stephan:   The American Southwest and Northwest are being ravaged by forest fires, Brazil's Amazon rain forest is being devastated by fire, and Russia's Siberian forest, as this report describes, is aflame. You would think this would create an emergency congress of nations to address the climate change that is such a factor in these fires. But no. Corporate greed in each of those countries is too powerful and is blocking a sensible international response. These events are treated as disconnected singularities instead of the coordinated collapse of the earth's ecosystem they actually represent. Millions are going to die, tens of millions more are going to suffer, and hundreds of millions are going to become migrants as a result of this stupidity. Be prepared.
The Republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, is especially vulnerable to wildfires. Credit: Aerial Forest Protection Service / TASS

Record heat and a historic drought in the Siberian republic of Sakha are furthering the spread of extensive wildfires across the region, regional officials have said.

The republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, is especially vulnerable to wildfires as more than 80% of the region is covered by boreal forest known as taiga. So far this year, Sakha has already seen record-breaking droughts and abnormally high temperatures, creating ideal conditions for severe wildfires. 

More than 250 fires covering 607,000 hectares of land are currently burning across the republic, Russia’s largest region, the region’s emergencies ministry said Monday. 

Smoke from the fires has reached the region’s capital of Yakutsk some 4,900 kilometers east of Moscow, damaging air quality and increasing levels of dangerous particles.

Regional head Aisen Nikolayev linked the fast-spreading wildfires to the historic drought conditions.

“There hasn’t been such a dry June [in Yakutsk] for almost 150 years,” Nikolayev said in a Facebook livestream last week. “Of course it leads to huge fires.”

Sakha also saw June […]

Read the Full Article

1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at 8:48 am

    Everyone must learn that we are all one and have the responsibility to keep the Earth safe from us so we can continue living on it!