SNAP.UAF.EDU. Area burned in Alaska 1950–1989 Acres burned per year 1950-1989: 27,148,432.

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SNAP.UAF.EDU

Area burned in Alaska 1950–1989 Acres burned per year : 27,148,432

Area burned in Alaska 1990–2015 Acres burned per year : 27,148, : 36,687,882

SCENARIOS NETWORK FOR ALASKA + ARCTIC PLANNING SNAP.UAF.EDU Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska, engulfed in forest fire smoke (July 2004) 9 8 SCENARIOS NETWORK FOR ALASKA + ARCTIC PLANNING SNAP.UAF.EDU J. Jessee Number of days Fairbanks met or exceeded the “unhealthy for sensitive groups” air quality level in summer Number of those days on which the air quality in Fairbanks was worse than the average air quality in Beijing. Source: EPA

Changing vegetation SCENARIOS NETWORK FOR ALASKA + ARCTIC PLANNING SNAP.UAF.EDU

Habitat change and subsistence SCENARIOS NETWORK FOR ALASKA + ARCTIC PLANNING SNAP.UAF.EDU