Carbon
Dioxide levels 561 ppm near Lake Baikal
Due
to wildfires, CO₂ (carbon dioxide) levels were as high as 561 ppm
near Lake Baikal on June 24, 2017 (green circle, bottom center of
image).
The
image also shows cyclonic winds pulling heat from Siberia over the
Arctic Ocean. Winds are also pushing hot air from the Pacific Ocean
into the Arctic Ocean, while these winds are also speeding up the
flow of warm water entering the Arctic Ocean from the Pacific Ocean.
Meanwhile,
on June 24, 2017, sea surface temperature was 6.1°C or 11.0°F
warmer than 1981-2011 at a location where the Mackenzie River flows
into the Beaufort Sea (marked by green circle).
This is from 2016. Nothing yet of this season's fires
Oilmen
forced to stop work after being trapped in 'horseshoe' of burning
taiga, as pall of smoke smothers Irkutsk region where state of
emergency imposed.
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