snap.uaf.edu. area burned in alaska 1950–1989 acres burned per year 1950-1989: 27,148,432
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Scott RuppScenarios Network for Alaska + Arctic Planning
Fairbanks, AK
August 2015
Boreal Forest and Wildfires
Area burned in Alaska 1950–1989
Acres burnedper year
1950-1989: 27,148,432
Area burned in Alaska 1990–2015
Acres burnedper year
1950-1989: 27,148,432 1990-2015: 36,687,882
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Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska, engulfed in forest fire smoke (July 2004)
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J. Jessee
Number of days Fairbanks met or exceeded the “unhealthy for sensitive groups” air quality
level in summer 2015.
Number of those days on which the air quality in Fairbanks was
worse than the average airquality in Beijing.
Source: EPA
Changing vegetation
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Habitat change and subsistence
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