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Watching Wildfires from Space

A wild cat over Australia where wild cats forage in burn scars.

Watching Wildfires from Space – download pdf (8 MB) August 2019

What do WILD cats and WILD fires have in common?  Nothing! But one does help the other to survive. Learn how in the latest issue of EOKids, Watching Wildfires from Space. In this issue, EO Kids looks at how satellites observe and track fires (and what they leave behind) across the world.  Plus, create a burn scar “Data Viz” flip book and see the regrowth after the massive fires of 1988 in Yellowstone National Park.

At EO Kids we are committed to making Earth science fun and engaging. Come explore our Earth with us.

Earth Observatory Issues Highlighted in this Issue

Smoke Plumes Tower Over California

Smoke Plumes Tower Over California

A Fire Surrounded by Ice

A Fire Surrounded by Ice

Camp Fire Rages in California

Camp Fire Rages in California

Alaska in Flux: Wildfire Recovery Paints Alaska Green

Alaska in Flux: Wildfire Recovery Paints Alaska Green

People Cause Most U.S. Wildfires

People Cause Most U.S. Wildfires

World of Change: Burn Recovery in Yellowstone

World of Change: Burn Recovery in Yellowstone

Science Blog: Expedition to Siberia

Science Blog: Expedition to Siberia

Feral Cats Forage at Burn Scars

Feral Cats Forage at Burn Scars

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EO Kids is written for audiences aged 9 to 14. It is published with support from NASA’s Landsat, Terra, and Aqua missions.

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