Unprecedented Wildfires Caused by Climate Change

GLOBAL WARMING: DIVINE WARNING OF DOOMSDAY 102 degrees Fahrenheit, setting records for several consecutive days, per the Associated Press. It is reported that “Aheatwave in one of the world’s coldest regions has sparked forest fires and threatened the Siberian city of Yakutsk.” (Jonathan Watts, The Guardian, 20 July, 2021) He states, ‘Everything is on fire’: Siberia hit by unprecedented burning.” A teacher from Yakutsk was also reported to have told ABS News, “Everywhere is burning, and there are not enough people.” These fires are leading to an “airpocalypse” of thick toxic smoke, which is one of the world’s worstever air pollution events in the Yakutsk region. As of August 16, 2021, more than 40 million acres (17 million hectares) have burned, breaking a previous record. … One fire alone scorched an area as wide as 2.5 million acres, reports Ann M. Simmons for the Wall Street Journal. The fires are burning so intensely that a vast swath of smoke blocks sunlight. For the first time in recorded history, smoke from the fires in Siberia have drifted thousands of miles away to reach the North Pole, reports Oliver Carrol for the Independent. A concerned citizen, Edward Woods, wrote, “This is happening across the globe daily.” It is time we wake up and take note of these devastating effects of climate change.