Pine beetles and conifer forests have long coexisted in British Columbia. Numerous outbreaks of pine beetle infestations occurred throughout the twentieth century, but toward the end of the century, conditions were just right for an epidemic.
Published Dec 18, 2008
Research shows that very similar boreal landscapes produce very different types of fires.
Published Feb 4, 2015
As the size of British Columbia’s pine beetle infestation has grown, forest managers have begun to need a technique to identify damage over large areas. Relying on a variety of data sources, including satellite data, scientists from Goddard Space Flight Center conducted a survey of insect-damaged forests in British Columbia. This image shows their assessment of insect damage overlain on a topography map.
Published Dec 19, 2008
Needle-leaf forest stretches away from the Lena River in Russia’s remote eastern reaches. The EO-1 satellite captured these images just as fire swept through the area.
Published Jun 17, 2011
The fire is tearing through pine forests in mountainous terrain on the second most populous of the Canary Islands.
Published Aug 20, 2019Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Human Presence Remote Sensing
Smoke billows over the mountainous backcountry near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in this image from August 23, 2011. Started by lightning, the wildfire is burning through insect-damaged forest, beginning the process that will renew the ecosystem.
Published Sep 3, 2011
The Cameron Peak and August Complex fires have punctuated a year of natural drama in the American West.
Published Oct 21, 2020Image of the Day Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
The fires have burned more than 125,000 acres and are expected to burn for several more weeks.
Published Aug 17, 2020
A lightning-sparked fire has burned nearly 20,000 acres of the Salmon-Challis National Forest in Idaho.
Published Aug 3, 2012
How development patterns helped make the Black Forest fire so damaging.
Published Nov 14, 2013
In 1988, wildfires raced through Yellowstone National Park, consuming hundreds of thousands of acres. This series of Landsat images tracks the landscape’s slow recovery through 2008.
Published Jul 1, 2009
A fire in southern Montana destroyed homes in the small town of Pine Creek and left this burn scar.
Published Sep 21, 2012
Record heat helped fuel a wildfire north of Colorado Springs that destroyed more than 360 homes in June 2013.
Published Jun 14, 2013
Among the byproducts of the pandemic and social distancing is a drop in forest management fires on federal lands.
Published May 18, 2020
Blazes that have raged since October have charred eucalyptus and rainforests in New South Wales.
Published Dec 12, 2019
