Current：Home > reviewsHow melting Arctic ice could be fueling extreme wildfires in the Western U.S. -CoinMarket
How melting Arctic ice could be fueling extreme wildfires in the Western U.S.
View
Date：2025-04-25 10:43:33
Above the Arctic Circle, the community in Kotzebue, Alaska, is watching sea ice disappear as the climate gets hotter. In the Western U.S., firefighters are battling increasingly explosive wildfires driven by hot, dry weather.
Scientists are finding these two extremes could be connected, a sign of how melting ice is causing ripple effects across the planet. You can see images and video from Alaska and California in our visual interactive.
This story is part of the NPR Climate Desk series Beyond the Poles: The far-reaching dangers of melting ice.
This audio story was edited by Neela Banerjee and Sadie Babits. It was produced by Ryan Kellman.
veryGood！ (97)
Related
- New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health
- GOP candidate challenging election loss in race to lead Texas’ most populous county drops lawsuit
- BET co-founder Sheila Johnson says writing new memoir helped her heal: I've been through a lot
- Statue of late German Cardinal Franz Hengsbach will be removed after allegations of sexual abuse
- All That You Wanted to Know About She’s All That
- Zelenskyy to speak before Canadian Parliament in his campaign to shore up support for Ukraine
- US ambassador to Japan calls Chinese ban on Japanese seafood ‘economic coercion’
- Rupert Murdoch steps down as chairman of Fox and News Corp; son Lachlan takes over
- The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
- Nationals pitcher Sean Doolittle announces retirement after more than a decade in majors
Ranking
- Louvre will undergo expansion and restoration project, Macron says
- Nicki Minaj's husband Kenneth Petty placed on house arrest after threatening Offset in video
- Who’s Bob Menendez? New Jersey’s senator charged with corruption has survived politically for years
- Microsoft’s revamped $69 billion deal for Activision is on the cusp of going through
- Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
- Some providers are dropping gender-affirming care for kids even in cases where it’s legal
- NAACP signs agreement with FEMA to advance equity in disaster resilience
- A fire at an Iranian defense ministry’s car battery factory has been extinguished, report says
Recommendation
Sarah J. Maas books explained: How to read 'ACOTAR,' 'Throne of Glass' in order.
Biologists look to expand suitable habitat for North America’s largest and rarest tortoise
What’s streaming now: Doja Cat, ‘Sex Education,’ ‘Spy Kids,’ ‘The Super Models’ and ‘Superpower’
Tennessee judges side with Nashville in fight over fairgrounds speedway
Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
'DWTS' contestant Matt Walsh walks out; ABC premiere may be delayed amid Hollywood strikes
Five things that could make NFL Week 3's underwhelming schedule surprisingly exciting
Coerced, censored, shut down: How will Supreme Court manage social media's toxic sludge?