Tuesday July 31st 2007, 6:05 pm
In Central Siberia alone, fires have destroyed 38 000 km2 in the extreme fire year of 2003. In that year the smoke plumes were so huge that they caused air pollution as far as in the United States. An international team of scientists believes that Siberian fires are influenced by climate change.
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Climate change threatens Siberian forests (EurekAlert!)
