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Tundra fire on Alaska’s North Slope is among the biggest in recent years

8 Jul 2025
Ikpikpuk River, Alaska
The 2,000-acre fire and others north of the Brooks Range fit a pattern of increasing wildfires in the treeless landscape. While most Alaska tundra fires are south of the Brooks Range, in Northwest or Western Alaska, fires north of the Brooks Range are becoming more common and bigger, according to scientists.
Anchorage Daily News / Yereth Rosen
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