August 12, 2010

Pollution from Russian fires circling the globe

This video from NASA shows the pollution from the Russian wildfires reaching Beijing, New York and London. The fires were caused by an extended drought, then by an unprecedented heatwave with temperatures 27 degrees above normal for 6 days. 


The fires are now burning in the Chernobyl disaster area, lifting radioactive dust into the atmosphere. 



We are all more closely connected then we we suspect. 

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