this region alone, yakutia, is 13 times the size of britain.scientists believe these forest fires are producing huge amounts of greenhouse gases that are changing the climate of the planet. russia has one fifth of the world's forests. if they are burning, the fallout is global. for a closer look, we switch transport and head into the siberian forest with the rangers. it is slow going. this is a real siberian forest path. not easy to get down, it will take us a while to get to the fire. but we are on the right track. it soon becomes clear that fire has swept through here, destroying larch and silver birch and turning parts of this fairy tale forest into a wasteland. when we catch up with the flames the forest rangers do their best with what they've got. but no sooner is one fire out... ..another sparks. it is siberia's equivalent of a david versus goliath. this ranger says it is getting hotter here every year. he is spending more and more time in the forest. translation: i spend nearly all my summers now fighting fires. my wife and three kids aw

this region alone, yakutia, is 13 times the size of britain.le world. scientists believe these forest fires are producing huge amounts of greenhouse gases that are changing the climate of the planet. russia has one fifth of the world's forests. if they are burning, the fallout is global. for a closer look, we switch transport and head into the siberian forest with the rangers. it is slow going. this is a real siberian forest path. not easy to get down, it will take us a while to get to the fire. but we are on the right track. it soon becomes clear that fire has swept through here, destroying larch and silver birch and turning parts of this fairy tale forest into a wasteland. when we catch up with the flames, the forest rangers do their best with what they've got. but no sooner is one fire out... ..another sparks. it is siberia's equivalent of a david versus goliath. this ranger says it is getting hotter here every year. he is spending more and more time in the forest. translation: i spend nearly all my summers now fighting fires. my wife and th

this region alone, yakutia, is 13 times the size of britain. fires are producing huge amounts of greenhouse gases that are changing the climate of the planet. russia has one fifth of the world's forests. if they are burning, the fallout is global. for a closer look, we switch transport and head into the siberian forest with the rangers. it is slow going. this is a real siberian forest path. not easy to get down, it will take us a while to get to the fire. but we are on the right track. it soon becomes clear that fire has swept through here, destroying larch and silver birch and turning parts of this fairy tale forest into a wasteland. when we catch up with the flames the forest rangers do their best with what they've got. but no sooner is one fire out... ..another sparks. it is siberia's equivalent of a david versus goliath. this ranger says it is getting hotter here every year. he is spending more and more time in the forest. translation: i spend nearly all my summers now fighting fires. my wife and three kids awaiting for me at home. but this

this region alone, yakutia, is 13 times the size of britain.world. scientists believe that these forest fires are producing huge amounts of greenhouse gases that are changing the climate of the planet. russia has one fifth of the world's forests. if they're burning, the fallout is global. for a closer look, we switch transport and head into the siberian taiga with the forest rangers. it's slow going. this is a real siberian forest path. not easy to get down, and it will take us a while to get to the fire. but we're on the right track. it soon becomes clear that fire has swept through here, destroying larch and silver birch and turning parts of this fairy—tale forest into a wasteland. when we catch up with the flames, the forest rangers do their best with what they've got. but no sooner is one fire out, another sparks. it is siberia's equivalent of david versus goliath. turning back to the us. in the us, thousands of people in south—eastern states will soon need to flee rising waters because of tropical storm sally. alabama, florida and mississi

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the region yakutia is huge and largely uninhabited the forest fire is often smoldering the distance far away from any road putting them out would be hugely expensive and allowing them to burn is actually permitted by law in many regions in russia. families from the regions say working on a clear day is a luxury the wind often blows smoke directly onto their fields. the fires burn every year there's smoke everywhere there's smoke over there too. when the building is right we can't lie around just because that smoke we have to work in the fields and cut the hay the smoke everywhere you can't hide from the. people here have accepted forest fires as a fact of life but ignoring those fires threatens to change the landscape and ecosystem in russia's arctic beyond recognition. in our global i do series we report on ecosystems and endangered plant and animal species all over the world and we meet people dedicated to protecting those species . today we look at the spectacle bear for an indian bear whose numbers are dwindling due to habitat loss our team went to the colombian islands where the be

the region yakutia is huge and largely uninhabited the forest fires often smoldering the distance far away from any road putting them out would be hugely expensive and allowing them to burn is actually permitted by law in many regions in russia. families from the regions a working on a clear day is a luxury the wind often blows smoke directly onto their fields. the fires burn every year there's smoke everywhere there's smoke over there too. when the building is right we can't lie around just because there's smoke we have to work in the fields and cut the hay this smoke everywhere you can't hide from the . people here have accepted forest fires as a fact of life but ignoring those fires threatens to change the landscape and ecosystem in russia's arctic beyond recognition. in our global i do series we report on ecosystems and endangered plant and animal species all over the world and we meet people dedicated to protecting those species . today we look at the spectacle bear port and being bear whose numbers are dwindling due to habitat loss or team went to the colombian highlands where t

the region yakutia is huge and largely uninhabited the forest fire is often smoldering the distance far away from any roads pushing them out would be hugely expensive and allowing them to burn is actually permitted by law in many regions in russia. families from the regions say working on a clear day is a luxury the wind often blows smoke directly onto their fields. the fires burn every year there's smoke everywhere there's smoke over there too. when we start we can't lie around just because there's smoke we have to work in the fields and cut the hay this smoke everywhere you can't hide from. people here have accepted forest fires as a fact of life but ignoring those fires threatens to change the landscape and ecosystem in russia's arctic beyond recognition. in our global i do series we report on ecosystems and endangered plant and animal species all over the world and we meet people dedicated to protecting those species . today we look at the spectacle barrackpore andean bear whose numbers are dwindling due to habitat loss our team went to the colombian islands where the bears can stil

in the second of his reports from the remote yakutia region, our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberge, but the landscape and livelihoods in siberia. something rather strange is happening in siberia. in the town of churapcha, these are the scars of climate change. rising temperatures mean that the frozen ground, the permafrost, is thawing, leaving a siberian teletubbyland of mounds and hollows, ponds and lakes. it means less pasture land. and more trouble getting around. climate change has been causing all kinds of problems here. where we are driving now was completely flat. 20 years ago, there was actually an airport here and this was the runway. but because the permafrost has been thawing, the ground has fallen away. the result — no more planes here now. siberia has a whole city built on permafrost — yakutsk. now we stay 12 metres under the surface. deep underground, they are monitoring the rate at which the soil is thawing, because that affects not just the city, but the climate, too. and this is the permafrost? yes, it is permafrost. we see this layer, it is enriched organic matte

in the second of his reports from the remote reports from the remote yakutia region, our correspondentafrost, is affecting not just the climate, but also the landscape and livelihoods, of those living there. something rather strange is happening in siberia. in the town of churapcha, these are the scars of climate change. rising temperatures mean that the frozen ground, the permafrost, is thawing, leaving a siberian teletubbyland of mounds and hollows, ponds and lakes. it means less pasture land. and more trouble getting around. climate change has been causing all kinds of problems here. where we're driving now was completely flat. 20 years ago, there was actually an airport here and this was the runway. but because the permafrost has been thawing, the ground has fallen away. the result — no more planes here now. siberia has a whole city built on permafrost — yakutsk. now we stay 12 metres under the surface. deep underground, they are monitoring the rate at which the soil is thawing, because that affects not just the city, but the climate, too. and this is the permafrost? yes, it is per

in the second of his reports from churapcha, in the remote yakutia region, our correspondent steve rosenberg notjust the climate, but also the landscape and livelihoods of those living there. something rather strange is happening in siberia. in the town of churapcha, these are the scars of climate change. rising temperatures mean that the frozen ground, the permafrost, is thawing, leaving a siberian teletubby land of mounds and hollows, ponds and lakes. it means less pastureland... and more trouble getting around. climate change has been causing all kinds of problems here. where we're driving now was completely flat 20 years ago. there was actually an airport here, and this was the runway. but because the permafrost has been thawing, the ground has fallen away. the result? no more planes here now. siberia has a whole city built on permafrost — yakutsk. now we stay 12 metres under the surface. deep underground, they're monitoring the rate at which the soil is thawing because that affects not just the city, but the climate too. this is the permafrost? yes, it's the permafrost. you see this lay

the region yakutia is huge and largely uninhabited the forest fire is often smoldering the distance far away from any road pushing them out would be hugely expensive and allowing them to burn is actually permitted by law in many regions in russia. families from the regions say working on a clear day is a luxury the wind often blows smoke directly onto their fields. the fires burn every year there's smoke everywhere there's smoke over there to. me but in the start we can't lie around just because there's smoke we have to work in the fields and cut the hay this smoke everywhere you can't hide from. people here have accepted forest fires as a fact of life but ignoring those fires threatens to change the landscape and ecosystem in russia's arctic beyond recognition. in our global ideal of series we report on ecosystems and endangered plant and animal species all over the world and we meet people get acquainted to protecting those species. today we look at the spectacled bear or andy and bear whose numbers are dwindling due to habitat loss our team went to the colombian highlands where the b

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this region alone, yakutia, is 13 times the size of britain.e amounts of greenhouse gases that are changing the climate of the planet. russia has one fifth of the world's forests. if they're burning, the fallout is global. for a closer look, we switch transport and head into the siberian taiga with the forest rangers. it is slow going. this is a real siberian forest path. not easy to get down, it will take us a while to get to the fire. but we are on the right track. it soon becomes clear that fire has swept through here, destroying larch and silver birch and turning parts of this fairy tale forest into a wasteland. when we catch up with the flames, the forest rangers do their best with what they've got. but no sooner is one fire out... ..another sparks. it is siberia's equivalent of a david versus goliath. ranger valentin says it's getting hotter here every year. he is spending more and more time in the forest. translation: i spend nearly all my summers now fighting fires. my wife and three kids are waiting for me at home. but this is a job i