Mapping Arctic Boreal Peatlands, cont-

 Aside from the impetus here, more bad news on "Arctic fires" that are counterintuitive a priori.

NASA captured it from space, and it looks like a bad joke: fire burning on the ice of the North Pole. The scary thing is that it has been multiplying for 10 years (econews) summary (Perplexity): NASA satellites have detected a dramatic rise in Arctic wildfires over the past decade, with fires spreading farther north into icy regions, fueled by an Arctic warming four times faster than the global average. These blazes, now more frequent and intense, are shifting from the Arctic's edges to a broad northern band, burning drier tundra and releasing ancient carbon from permafrost, turning some areas into carbon sources. Lightning ignites many of these deep-burning fires, whose smoke travels globally, worsening air quality and signaling urgent climate impacts as noted in recent Arctic assessments. 

Did you know i had a "Fire & Ice" story map - now gone, see indent here why - but I have the data for the previous decades showing the history.