Audio - In This Climate

How the Arctic Caught Fire

| Sep. 06, 2019

Overview

The World Meteorological Organization labeled summer 2019's arctic and boreal wildland fires "unprecedented." In the first episode of In This Climate, the interviewers explore with scientists and policy experts how and why this circumpolar fire season was so significant and what we can do moving forward.

Starting at 13:15 - interview between Janet McCabe and Joel Clement, with contributions from Edward Alexander

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For Academic Citation: “How the Arctic Caught Fire.” Audio, September 6, 2019, posted by “In This Climate”.

The Authors

Janet McCabe

Edward Alexander

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