It is expected to spread across Europe in the coming days.
Ottawa:
According to scientists, the smoke of hundreds of fires in the forests of Canada has reached Norway. CNN informed of.
Smoke from wildfires in Canada has already enveloped parts of the US and nearly 75 million people have been placed under an air quality alert.
However, over the past few days, plumes of smoke have spread from Canada to Greenland, Iceland and made their way into Norway.
Scientists at the Climate and Environmental Research Institute (NILU) in Norway have been able to detect the increase in smoke using very sensitive instruments and then confirm its origin using forecast modelling.
Nikolaos Evangeliou, a senior scientist at NILU, said that people in Norway may be able to smell and even see the smoke as a light haze, but unlike parts of the US where dangerous pollution has been observed, they should not be affected by health risks. There should be no effect.
“The fire from such a long distance is very rare,” said Evangeliou. CNN,
It is expected to spread across Europe in the coming days. But it’s unlikely that people will be able to smell or notice the smoke, Mr. Evangeliu said.
It is not uncommon for wildfire smoke to travel long distances. “Smoke from wildfires such as those in Canada is injected at higher altitudes, enabling it to stay in the atmosphere longer and travel farther,” he said.
In 2020, smoke from California’s record-breaking wildfires was detected in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago located deep inside the Arctic Circle.
Smoke brings negative climate effects. Smoke from wildfires moves over arctic deposits, soot on snow and ice, darkening the white surface, which allows it to absorb more heat. This in turn accelerates Arctic warming CNN,
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