Massive wildfires in Canada have already spewed out twice the smoke emissions than the previous wholeyear record the EUs climate monitor said on Thursday . The devastating wildfires have burned some million acres this year so far incinerating an area larger than the size of Cuba or South Korea .
Enormous plumes of smoke have choked the air in Canada and neighbouring U.S. affecting more than million people and disrupting flights and forcing the cancellation of outdoor events . The total carbon emissions for the year to date have now reached double that of the full annual smoke pollution from the previous record year .
Canada is among the fastestwarming regions on the planet and climate change has amplified both the intensity and frequency of the extreme weather events faced by the country . This year has also seen widespread recordbreaking fires across Canada as well as large blazes in Russia and the Arctic Circle including in Russia .
The blazes are expected to continue to burn for several more weeks and we will continue to be monitored, CAMS said. The total wildfire carbon emissions are still likely to continue rising for some more weeks or even more weeks to come, according to the report.
The report said. Canada is . The report says the total wildfire emissions from Canada are around megatons of megatontontons and that they are likely to remain rising for more weeks. It has been published by Europes Copernicus COPernicus Climate Monitoring Service CAMS and that it will be published by the European Commission, and that the report is published by The International Climate Institute for Climate Action Action Network is published on September 28, 2013.
