Scientists found water quality was degraded for months following a Southern California wildfire.
Published Mar 3, 2022
Record-setting fire activity in 2018 fits with a longer trend of larger and more frequent California fires since 2000.
Published Nov 27, 2018
As the destructive California fire nears full containment, it has left behind an expanse of charred land.
Published Nov 19, 2018
A NASA project is providing maps of satellite data to emergency response teams during the Woolsey Fire.
Published Nov 16, 2018
People in Northern California and the Central Valley are coughing because of the noxious smoke.
Published Nov 16, 2018Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
In many areas, air quality deteriorated as smoke from the destructive fire spread widely across northern California.
Published Nov 14, 2018
The fire has become the deadliest in state history.
Published Nov 13, 2018
Multiple fast-moving fires are producing huge plumes of smoke and threatening several communities.
Published Nov 9, 2018
A new experimental model that relies on data from NOAA and NASA satellites has proven remarkably good at simulating the behavior of wildfire smoke.
Published Nov 6, 2018
Two lightning-caused fires have burned over 100,000 acres and are still yet to be fully contained.
Published Sep 21, 2018
The fast-moving Delta Fire is one of several that have cast a pall of smoke over the region this summer.
Published Sep 7, 2018
Scarring of the landscape is evident in the wake of the largest wildfire in California history.
Published Aug 30, 2018
Winds carried thick plumes of smoke and pollution across the United States and Canada.
Published Aug 16, 2018
Several large wildfires are blanketing the state with smoke.
Published Aug 15, 2018
In August 2018, temperature records fell in the northwestern United States.
Published Aug 15, 2018Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
Several fires are spreading noxious gases and particles across the state—and to a lesser degree much of the country.
Published Aug 9, 2018
Almost a quarter of a million acres of land and more than a thousand homes have been consumed by three wildfires in Northern California.
Published Aug 4, 2018
California’s Carr Fire was one of 98 large, active fires delivering smoke across the United States in late July.
Published Jul 31, 2018
The fire was not the largest or most destructive in July 2018, but the position of its smoke allowed for a clear look at the progression of the burn.
Published Jul 30, 2018
As smoke streamed toward San Francisco, more than 1,000 fire personnel were at the scene fighting the blaze.
Published Jul 4, 2018Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
Temperature, humidity, and winds contributed to the rapid spread of fire in Lake County, about 100 miles northwest of Sacramento.
Published Jun 27, 2018
