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Wildfires in Alaska this summer that have burned almost 5 million acres total are now threatening to melt permafrost below the ground surface which contains carbon, a leading driver of global climate change. While the advance of the Fish Creek Fire - one of around 300 wildfires that broke out in Alaska this summer - near Fairbanks has slowed considerably, the after-effects of the lightning-borne blaze will linger. [Source: RT]
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