Siberia Wildfires

Since January, massive wildfires have blazed through Siberia, Russia, exacerbated by record-breaking heat waves in the region. An estimated 47 million acres (19 million hectares) of forests and fields have burned, which is an area larger than the nation of Greece. Wildfires in Siberia have become annual occurrences; however, the extent of this year's fires have heightened concerns among environmentalists about the accelerated melting of the Arctic. In the Krasnoyarsk region, where this image was captured, towns well north of the Arctic Circle have reported high temperatures above 70 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Julia Petrenko / Greenpeace