A big fire season in Alaska fits the pattern across a warming Arctic

More than a million acres have already burned in Alaska, putting the state on track for one of its biggest fire seasons ever.

By Yereth Rosen July 17, 2019
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With more than 1.6 million acres burned by Alaska wildfires as of July 15, the 2019 fire season is on track to become one of the state’s biggest fire seasons since the 1990s — and it is part of fiery trend in the far north.

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