Inside the quest to combat Arctic fires and save the planet’s frozen carbon

October 19, 2026 · 9:22 am 1 sources

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• Inside the quest to combat Arctic fires and save the planet’s frozen carbon
  MIT Technology Review · October 19, 2026 09:22
  In the middle of an especially warm July in 2021, a wildfire ignited in a thick forest of black spruce and peeling paper birch trees on the northern campus of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. The blaze, possibly sparked by lightning, burned across the dry carpet of feather mosses and lichen…