This map shows the increase or decrease of the total burned area in 2019 compared to the 2001-2018 average. Credit: Lizundia-Loiola, J., Pettinari, M.L., &…
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Flames rise from an experimental forest fire in Canada’s remote Northwest Territories. Credit: Stefan Doerr via Immageo, CC BY-ND 3.0 A new study shows that…
This image of the UV aerosol index from the Suomi NPP satellite OMPS Nadir Mapper instrument showing a “close-up” from January 13, 2020 (specifically orbit…
[embedded content] Ferocious bushfires have been sweeping across Australia since September, fueled by record-breaking temperatures, drought, and wind. The country has always experienced fires, but…
VIIIRS Red-Green-Blue imagery provides a “true-color” view of the smoke. (Note that these images do not represent what a human would see from orbit. In…
(Click image for full view.) This Copernicus Sentinel-3 image shows smoke pouring from numerous fires in New South Wales on January 3, 2020. Credit: Contains…
This is a Terra satellite image of Kangaroo Island on January 7, 2020. Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Kangaroo…
NOAA-NASA captured this stunning satellite image of the areas affected by the fire and smoke on January 4, 2020. The rains did not come in…
Following a 2017 San Diego wildfire, increased number of children visited the ER with respiratory problems, including asthma. Credit: ATS 2017 San Diego Wildfire Increased…
This satellite image was collected by NOAA-NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite using the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) instrument on January 1, 2020. Actively burning…
International study quantified and characterized charcoal and soot produced by incomplete burning of trees and transported by river to the Atlantic. Besides swathes of destroyed…
This is recently deforested land in the Amazon. Credit: Marizilda Cruppe/Rede Amazônia Sustentável The fires that raged across the Brazilian Amazon this summer were not…
The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured the multiple bushfires burning across Australia’s east coast. Around 150 fires are still burning in New South Wales and Queensland,…
NASA’s ECOSTRESS sensor measured the stress levels of plants when it passed over the Peruvian Amazon rainforest on Aug. 7, 2019. The map reveals that…
A large burn scar can be seen from space where the Kincade Fire has burned through Sonoma County, California. The image was taken on Nov.…
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA’s Terra satellite using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard captured this…
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) California’s devastating Kincaid Fire located in Sonoma County has grown to over 66,000 acres…
NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA’s Terra satellite captured an image of the Kincaid wildfire located in Northern California’s Sonoma…
Scientists with Arizona State University connections are important contributors to a newly published article in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Wildfires…
Chemistry of plants makes a big difference in how quickly they burn. As fires throughout Utah have demonstrated over the last few weeks, fire season…