• umbrella@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    shitty burgeoise website refusing to let me in because i'm 'suspicious' and i dont feel like getting around it.

    what does it say? wtf is combustible enough in the arctic to be on fire?

    • Hexboare [they/them]
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      3 months ago

      It's wildfires and peat fires in the Arctic circle

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    • BodyBySisyphus [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      Try https://archive.is/loSOX

      The permafrost has a lot of peat, which has been a historical source of fuel in boggy environments since prehistory. It burns well if it's dry enough and peat fires can "overwinter" in smoldering hotspots that return in the summer.