Arctic wildfires emit 35% more CO2 so far in 2020 than for whole of 2019

About 205 megatonnes emitted in June and July alone as Siberia hit by heatwave

The amount of carbon dioxide emitted by Arctic wildfires this year is already 35% higher than the figure for the whole of 2019.

The latest data, provided by the EU's Copernicus atmosphere monitoring service, shows that up to 24 August 245 megatonnes of CO2 had been released from wildfires this year. The figure for the whole of last year was 181 megatonnes.