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Greenland Is Still Burning, But The Smoke May Be The Real Problem

Wildfires are still burning in western Greenland, close to the Arctic island's ice sheet. As the fires burn, they release black particles that can coat the ice and snow, and make it melt more quickly.
<em></em>The fire in west Greenland, as seen Saturday by the U.S. Geological Survey's Landsat 8 and processed by researcher Pierre Markuse.

More than two weeks after they were first spotted, wildfires on the west coast of Greenland are still burning, worrying local residents and drawing the attention of scientists.

The fires are roughly 90 miles northeast of the second-largest Greenlandic town, Sisimiut, as . There are currently three growing hotspots, according to an of NASA data by , an assistant professor of geoscience and remote

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