ANTOINE BOUREAUSnow blankets a boreal
forest that burned
the previous summer
in the Sakha Republic.
Small fires occur
regularly in this region
about twice the size
of Alaska. But in 2021,
four times the average
annual area ignited,
potentially releasing
ancient carbon from
permafrost and
transforming forest
into grassland.RUSSIA
EASTERN SIBERIAIN 2021, FIRES TORCHED
21 MILLION ACRES IN A
PLACE KNOWN FOR COLD