{"id":6146,"date":"2019-08-16T07:56:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T19:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/new-zealand\/?p=6146"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:30:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T00:30:25","slug":"the-terrifying-russian-wildfires-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/the-terrifying-russian-wildfires-in-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"The terrifying Russian wildfires in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wondering what an area of forest burning larger than Belgium looks like?<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace Russia has been documenting the wildfires, to show their effect, size and catastrophic impact on all of us.<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_23774\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23774\" title=\"moke from Siberian Forest Fires in Novosibirsk \u00a9 Ivan Golenkov \/ Greenpeace\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/038ffda1-gp0sttq21_medium_res.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/038ffda1-gp0sttq21_medium_res.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/038ffda1-gp0sttq21_medium_res-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/038ffda1-gp0sttq21_medium_res-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/038ffda1-gp0sttq21_medium_res-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/038ffda1-gp0sttq21_medium_res-453x340.jpg 453w\" alt=\"moke from Siberian Forest Fires in Novosibirsk \u00a9 Ivan Golenkov \/ Greenpeace\" width=\"1199\" height=\"899\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">1.5 million residents of Novosibirsk Russia, breathe hazardous smoke from the Siberian forest fires. \u00a9&nbsp; Greenpeace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u201cIs it fog or smoke?\u201d This is the first thing that comes to mind when the air you breathe becomes cloudy and thick. The same question was asked by residents of many cities and towns of the Irkutsk region in Russia. Every summer these cities find themselves in the smoke.<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_23773\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23773\" title=\"\u00a9 Igor Podgorny \/ Greenpeace\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/77f7ec3b-gp0sttqep_medium_res.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/77f7ec3b-gp0sttqep_medium_res.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/77f7ec3b-gp0sttqep_medium_res-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/77f7ec3b-gp0sttqep_medium_res-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/77f7ec3b-gp0sttqep_medium_res-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/77f7ec3b-gp0sttqep_medium_res-453x340.jpg 453w\" alt=\"\u00a9 Igor Podgorny \/ Greenpeace\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forest Fires near Irkutsk Region in Russia \u00a9 Greenpeace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>We found satellite images of fires burning 320 kilometres away so we took a small helicopter and flew over the fires in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiga\">taiga<\/a>. It is an endless boreal forest of&nbsp; beautiful trees that stretches off into the horizon. However, it doesn\u2019t feel like we\u2019re flying, but swimming through the beauty of it. Soon we saw a smoke column over the forest and fly into the smog. Quickly approaching furnace I must take pictures. I want to fix the disaster. I take pictures, through my own tears.<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_23772\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23772\" title=\"\u00a9 Igor Podgorny \/ Greenpeace\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/9931a792-gp0sttqeo_medium_res.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/9931a792-gp0sttqeo_medium_res.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/9931a792-gp0sttqeo_medium_res-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/9931a792-gp0sttqeo_medium_res-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/9931a792-gp0sttqeo_medium_res-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/9931a792-gp0sttqeo_medium_res-453x340.jpg 453w\" alt=\"\u00a9 Igor Podgorny \/ Greenpeace\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The charred skeletons of trees. \u00a9 Greenpeace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>We can see the area which has already burned. The trees stand like charred matches, and the ground is covered with sores.&nbsp; You can see how the fire destroyed the area as it scorches the ground while trees in the distance are clouded&nbsp; in a viscous smoke.<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_23771\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23771\" title=\"Forest Fires near Irkutsk Region in Russia \u00a9 Igor Podgorny \/ Greenpeace\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/e6440272-gp0sttqeu_medium_res.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/e6440272-gp0sttqeu_medium_res.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/e6440272-gp0sttqeu_medium_res-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/e6440272-gp0sttqeu_medium_res-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/e6440272-gp0sttqeu_medium_res-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/e6440272-gp0sttqeu_medium_res-453x340.jpg 453w\" alt=\"Forest Fires near Irkutsk Region in Russia \u00a9 Igor Podgorny \/ Greenpeace\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The smoke dirties the air and covers the trees. \u00a9 Greenpeace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Every day we are feeling the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carbonbrief.org\/mapped-how-climate-change-affects-extreme-weather-around-the-world\">effects of climate change<\/a>: from draughts in Africa, to monsoons in Southeast Asia. The wild forests of Russia are a big part of restoring climate balance to the planet, but now they are burning \u2014 they themselves turning into a cause of climate change.<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_23770\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23770\" title=\"\u00a9 Igor Podgorny \/ Greenpeace\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/70e79572-gp0sttqeq_medium_res.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/70e79572-gp0sttqeq_medium_res.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/70e79572-gp0sttqeq_medium_res-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/70e79572-gp0sttqeq_medium_res-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/70e79572-gp0sttqeq_medium_res-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/70e79572-gp0sttqeq_medium_res-453x340.jpg 453w\" alt=\"\u00a9 Igor Podgorny \/ Greenpeace\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forest Fires near Irkutsk Region in Russia \u00a9 Greenpeace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>90% of wildfires in Russia are the result of human activities, according to official statistics and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theecologist.org\/2019\/may\/30\/russian-wildfires-caused-human-activity\">Greenpeace\u2019s own research<\/a>. According to satellite imagery, most current Siberian and Far East wildfires started near logging sites, along roads and rivers where people have campfires.<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_23769\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23769\" title=\"Firefighters on the Taiga in Siberia \u00a9 Anton Voronkov \/ Greenpeace\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/e2c9bcb8-gp0sttp8v_medium_res.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/e2c9bcb8-gp0sttp8v_medium_res.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/e2c9bcb8-gp0sttp8v_medium_res-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/e2c9bcb8-gp0sttp8v_medium_res-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/e2c9bcb8-gp0sttp8v_medium_res-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/e2c9bcb8-gp0sttp8v_medium_res-510x340.jpg 510w\" alt=\"Firefighters on the Taiga in Siberia \u00a9 Anton Voronkov \/ Greenpeace\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters in Siberia \u00a9 Greenpeace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Helicopters from the Ministry of Emergencies regularly drop off firefighters in the taiga. Many courageous people are fighting this fire. But sadly, it can no longer be put out by any human means.<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_23768\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23768\" title=\"Firefighters on the Taiga in Siberia \u00a9 Anton Voronkov \/ Greenpeace\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/4725e687-gp0sttp8y_medium_res.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/4725e687-gp0sttp8y_medium_res.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/4725e687-gp0sttp8y_medium_res-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/4725e687-gp0sttp8y_medium_res-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/4725e687-gp0sttp8y_medium_res-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/4725e687-gp0sttp8y_medium_res-510x340.jpg 510w\" alt=\"Firefighters on the Taiga in Siberia \u00a9 Anton Voronkov \/ Greenpeace\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from the helicopter. \u00a9 Greenpeace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Climate change itself does not create fires \u2013 people do, but hotter and drier weather contributes to speeding up the spread and increasing the intensity of these and other fires.<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_23767\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23767\" title=\"Siberian Forest Fires Aftermath in Russia \u00a9 Anton Voronkov \/ Greenpeace\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/e0c3d516-gp0sttp8o_medium_res.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/e0c3d516-gp0sttp8o_medium_res.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/e0c3d516-gp0sttp8o_medium_res-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/e0c3d516-gp0sttp8o_medium_res-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/e0c3d516-gp0sttp8o_medium_res-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/e0c3d516-gp0sttp8o_medium_res-510x340.jpg 510w\" alt=\"Siberian Forest Fires Aftermath in Russia \u00a9 Anton Voronkov \/ Greenpeace\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A graveyard for trees. \u00a9 Greenpeace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Only 9% of the current fires are being tackled. Russian authorities have made a decision not to commit to fighting these fires, because the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vedomosti.ru\/politics\/news\/2019\/07\/29\/807522-gubernator-bessmislennim\">consequences do not outweigh the resources needed to fight them<\/a>\u2019. Everyday new, vast territories are catching fire because the weather is hot and dry. Villages in Siberia and the Far East are in danger.<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_23766\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23766\" title=\"Forest Fires near Irkutsk Region in Russia \u00a9 Igor Podgorny \/ Greenpeace\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/eb54e9d8-gp0sttqes_medium_res.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/eb54e9d8-gp0sttqes_medium_res.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/eb54e9d8-gp0sttqes_medium_res-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/eb54e9d8-gp0sttqes_medium_res-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/eb54e9d8-gp0sttqes_medium_res-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-international-stateless\/2019\/08\/eb54e9d8-gp0sttqes_medium_res-453x340.jpg 453w\" alt=\"Forest Fires near Irkutsk Region in Russia \u00a9 Igor Podgorny \/ Greenpeace\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A devastated landscape. \u00a9 Greenpeace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>We turn back, fly a few kilometre, and see a deer running beneath the helicopter. A perfectly beautiful animal in a perfectly beautiful forest. And around it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/graphics\/2019-siberia-russia-wildfires\/\">burns the world\u2019s largest forest fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Fires in Siberia affect the animals that live in the taiga. 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