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Re:Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in... by munk-a on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @04:04PM (#25933914)
Regardless of any involvement of a government or any factors of corruption - I'm just purely interested in the fact that nature could sustain a fire like this in -50C weather.
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Re:Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in... by bserge on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @04:14PM (#25934035)
Why wouldn't it? Cold (within its limits on Earth) does not affect burning, in fact it probably makes it more effective due to convection.
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Re:Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in... by munk-a on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @04:26PM (#25934181)
I am confident enough in my general knowledge that I can be interested in an article on a thing that I can rationally explain but never imagined independently. It's interesting that this fire is happening in blisteringly cold temperatures which is against my intuition as a being that feels like 110F is pretty hot and 40F is pretty cold.
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Re:Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in... by engineer_22 on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @05:06PM (#25934693)
Yeah pretty neat. -50F is as far from 40F as 130F is. (The absolute difference is 90 degrees F)
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