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Aqua satellite image of fire and smoke in Borneo

Smoke Blankets Borneo

09.18.2019
Fires burning in peat deposits in Indonesia release gases and particles that have consequences for public health and the climate.
Map of Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly in norhteastern Pacific Ocean

Marine Heat Wave Returns to the Northeast Pacific

09.13.2019
The warm surface water this summer was caused by an unusual and persistent weather pattern.
Map of carbon emissions from fires from Jan. 1, 2003, through Dec. 31, 2018.

Satellite Data Record Shows Climate Change's Impact on Fires

09.10.2019
While every fire needs a spark to ignite and fuel to burn, it's the hot and dry conditions in the atmosphere that determine the likelihood of a fire starting, its intensity and the speed at which it spreads. Over the past several decades, as the world has increasingly warmed, so has its potential to burn.
Suomi NPP satellite night image of fires burning in Angola

Seasonal Fires are Burning in Angola

08.30.2019
Fire season peaks every August in some parts of southern Africa.
Landsat 8 satellite image of fire burning norht of the Paraguay River near Puerto Busch

Fire Burns in Paraguay, Bolivia, and Brazil

08.27.2019
Since the beginning of August 2019, NASA satellites have observed fires burning near the border of Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil.
Terra satellite natural-color image of fires burning near Novo Progresso, Brazil

Uptick in Amazon Fire Activity in 2019

08.26.2019
Satellites have detected an increase in fire activity early in the 2019 dry season in the southern Amazon
Image of campaign aircraft on tarmac

Philippine Airborne Campaign Targets Weather, Climate Science

08.26.2019
NASA's P-3 science aircraft soared above the Manila skyline on Monday to begin a nearly two-month-long investigation into how smoke from fires changes clouds, a key factor in improving weather and climate forecasts.
Smoke from the fires raging in in the Amazon basin has created a shroud that is clearly visible across much of the center of South America.

Amazonian Fires Continue Shrouding South America in Smoke

08.22.2019
Smoke from the fires raging in in the Amazon basin is clearly visible across much of the center of South America.
Photograph of Castle Fire by FIREX-AQ team member

Sampling the Castle Fire

08.22.2019
Researchers are flying through wildfire smoke to learn about the molecules lingering inside its plume.
Global map of Active Fires

Building a Long-Term Record of Fire

08.21.2019
Scientists have answered some important questions about how fires vary around the world and are changing over time.
Suomi NPP satellite night images of growth of fire on Gran Canaria

Fire Races Across Gran Canaria

08.20.2019
The fire is tearing through pine forests in mountainous terrain on the second most populous of the Canary Islands.
Landsat 8 satellite natural-color image of the Williams Flats fire

Flying through a Fire Cloud

08.13.2019
A rare flight through a thunderstorm triggered by a wildfire has atmospheric scientists buzzing.
Photograph of an intense crown fire raging through stand of black spruce in a boreal forest in Alaska

A New Global Fire Atlas

08.08.2019
The satellite-based atlas includes information about more than 13 million fires.
Animation showing monthly averages of erythemaally weighted dose of UV across the U.S. for January - December 2015

New Map Shows Risk of Sunburn Across the U.S.

08.07.2019
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is using NASA data to help the public better understand their UV exposure.
Aqua satellite image of fires burning in the southeastern United States

NASA, NOAA Announce Opportunity for Media to Preview Airborne Air Quality Study

08.06.2019
Media are invited to a behind-the-scenes look at the second phase of a major field campaign to study the impacts of U.S. wildfires and agricultural fires on air quality and climate.
GEOS-5 model image of Air Temperature Change across Greenland July 20 - 30, 2019

Warm Weather Brings Major Melting to Greenland

08.02.2019
Melting was provoked by a bubble of warm air that moved over Greenland after delivering unseasonably warm temperatures to Europe.
Aqua satellite natural-color image of thick wildfire smoke over Alaska

Arctic Fires Fill the Skies with Soot

08.01.2019
Fires in Alaska, Siberia, and Greenland have emitted large amounts of black carbon this summer.
Map of aerosol index using data from Suomi NPP satellite

Siberian Smoke Reaches U.S., Canada

07.31.2019
The smoke from the fires in Siberia that were highlighted in the fire and smoke update from July 30, 2019 has spread into Alaska and parts of the west coast of Canada.
Suomi NPP satellite image of wildfires and smoke across Siberia

Siberian Smoke Heading Towards U.S. and Canada

07.30.2019
Fires in the Siberian area of Russia are usually quite severe by this time of year and 2019 is no exception.
Animation showing satellite image of wildfire burning

NASA Tracks Wildfires From Above to aid Firefighters Below

07.29.2019
Every evening from late spring to early fall, two planes lift off from airports in the western United States and fly through the sunset, each headed for an active wildfire, and then another, and another.
Map depicting air temperatures across Europe on July 25, 2019

A Second Scorching Heatwave in Europe

07.27.2019
One month after experiencing record-breaking temperatures, Europe again is sweltering under a heatwave. And this one is more intense.
Satellite image of wildfire smoke over North America

Tracking Smoke From Fires to Improve Air Quality Forecasting

07.22.2019
NASA and NOAA kicked off a months-long airborne investigation into the life cycles of smoke from fires in the United States for improved forecasting and for better understanding their impact on weather and climate.
Landsat 8 satellite image of a wildfire in western Greenland

Another Fire in Greenland

07.13.2019
Nearly two years after a rare wildfire in western Greenland, satellites spotted new smoke plumes streaming from the same region.
GEOS-5 model assimilation of air temperature at 2 meters across Alaska

Historic Heat in Alaska

07.10.2019
Record-breaking heat has exacerbated clusters of wildfires burning throughout the state.
Suomi NPP satellite image of fires in Canada

Smoke from Canadian Fires Drifts Into United States

07.09.2019
Canada has been battling a very active and destructive fire season on multiple fronts this year.
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