“We have seen satellite observations of active fires that hint that ‘Zombie’ fires might have reignited, yet it has not been confirmed by ground measurements,” Parrington said. The town obliterated its previous record high for the date, 54 degrees, and its monthly record, 68 degrees. “That’s the largest January to April anomaly ever seen in any country’s national average.”Are these 'zombie' fires? As the snow melted in Arctic Siberia last week, a number of fires have been detected by satellites. Historically, Arctic peatlands served as a fire break, says Mike Waddington, an ecohydrologist at McMaster University in Canada.

Source: Washington Post May 28, 2020 16:30 UTC