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Smoke from wildfires in Siberia reached the North Pole for the first time in recorded history, says NASA.
The fires have burned 21 million acres (about the size of Serbia) in Russia's coldest region this year. Smoke covered most of the country earlier this month.
Scientists say they spotted a “space hurricane” for the first time.
The phenomenon over the North Pole is believed to have been caused by solar winds interacting with magnetic fields, raining electrons into the atmosphere.
President Trump revoked Obama-era protections for ocean and lake environments. They were put in place after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the biggest oil spill in marine drilling history.