Alaska on fire: Thousands of lightning strikes and a warming climate put Alaska on pace for another historic fire season

By early July this year, more that 2 million acres in Alaska had burned — more than twice the acreage of a typical Alaska fire season.

By Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks July 6, 2022
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Alaska is on pace for another historic wildfire year, with its fastest start to the fire season on record. By mid-June 2022, over 1 million acres had burned. By early July, that number was well over 2 million acres, more than twice the acreage of a typical Alaska fire season.

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