Updated 10:45 AM ET, Mon June 22, 2020 A Siberian town that endures the world's widest temperature range has recorded a new high due to a heat wave that is contributing to severe forest fires. ‘Zombie fires’ are erupting in Alaska and likely Siberia, signaling severe Arctic fire season may lie ahead Move over, ‘murder hornets.’ There’s a new 2020 phenomenon to worry about. https://blogs.nasa.gov/firesandsmoke/2020/07/28/siberian-smoke-2020 A Russian plane fire-fighting in the Trans-Baikal national park in southern Siberia. Smoke (in yellow) coming from wildfires in Siberia on July 29, 2020. "Flooding in parts of Africa and southeast Asia led to massive population displacement and undermined food security for millions." Siberian heat wave is driving massive wildfires, sea ice melt in Arctic Published Fri, Jul 24 2020 10:55 AM EDT Updated Sat, Jul 25 2020 2:19 AM EDT Emma Newburger @emma_newburger (Emily Mesner / ADN) If so it could be a warning. "Wildfires consumed vast areas in Australia, Siberia, the US west coast and South America. Wildfires, sweltering Siberia. The fires within the deep Have Siberian fires been smouldering underground all winter? Arctic wildfires have become more widespread and persistent in 2019 and 2020. Following an active 2019 season, fires in Siberia in 2020 have again been abundant and widespread, and have produced abnormally large carbon emissions. A forest fire burns in central Yakutia, Russia on June 2, 2020. Taalas said that 2020 saw "new extreme temperatures on land, sea and especially in the Arctic. Science & technology Jun 6th 2020 edition. Wildfire smoke from fires raging in Siberia is creating a haze in Anchorage, photographed from the Anchorage Overlook Trail on July 29, 2020. Published Sept. 16, 2020 Updated Sept. 23, 2020 Wildfires are devastating the American West, but the United States isn’t the only place on Earth that’s burning.