Alaska's on fire.

It's July 1st, and there are 297 active fires in Alaska. So far this year, Alaska has had 617 fires with over 1.8M acres burned. How bad is it? It's so bad, they've had to demobilize some active fires, to work on more critical ones. Yikes.

The worst fire year on record, was 2004, with 6.6M acres burned, followed by 2005, with 4.6M acres burned. This year looks like it'll crush that record, seeing as there are 297 active fires right now.

If that wasn't bad enough, Alaska's temperature increase over the last 60 years has doubled the global average; it's a vicious feedback loop.