Hundreds of fires veiled northern Indochina in smoke as the traditional land-use burning season neared its peak.
Published Mar 19, 2014
Scientists have answered some important questions about how fires vary around the world and are changing over time.
Published Aug 21, 2019
The satellite-based atlas includes information about more than 13 million fires.
Published Aug 8, 2019
Wildfires in northern Canada and Alaska have been increasing in frequency and area burned. One possible cause is more lightning.
Published Dec 1, 2017
An arc of hundreds of individual fires wraps around the northern part of Cambodia, north of the Tônlé Sab lake, on February 9, 2009.
Published Feb 11, 2009
Following a notable increase in fire activity in August 2019 and a gradual rise in deforestation, scientists have been watching for signs of how 2020 might shape up. Several worrisome signs have emerged.
Published Aug 19, 2020Image of the Day Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
More than 20 years after intense fire scorched this national park, the ecosystem is still recovering.
Published Jan 4, 2012
Fire is ubiquitous, both a tool and a destructive force. Like plants, fire grows and wanes in seasons.
Published Dec 31, 2008
Smoke from several large forest fires blanketed areas of Northern California in late summer, 1999.
Published Sep 2, 1999
Among the byproducts of the pandemic and social distancing is a drop in forest management fires on federal lands.
Published May 18, 2020
Changes in human settlement patterns and agriculture have led to less burning in grasslands, tropical forests, and savannas.
Published Jun 30, 2017
Blazes that have raged since October have charred eucalyptus and rainforests in New South Wales.
Published Dec 12, 2019
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
A recent study shows that the state has experienced a fivefold increase in annual burned area since 1972.
Published Sep 3, 2019Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Human Presence Remote Sensing
This true-color image shows a large fire burning on the western coast of Scotland.
Published May 5, 2011
New maps of understory forest fires in the southern Amazon suggest there’s little connection between deforestation and understory fires. Some indigenous reserves where deforestation is minimal still have frequent understory fires.
Published Jun 8, 2013
