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Finding Fires Before They Rage
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Finding Fires Before They Rage

Scientists have found a way to detect nighttime fires even sooner, when they are still relatively small.

Published Apr 7, 2017

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Fires Burn Across the UK
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Fires Burn Across the UK

It is not even summertime, but already the United Kingdom has seen a significant number of wildfires.

Published May 6, 2019

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Reflecting on a Tumultuous Amazon Fire Season
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Reflecting on a Tumultuous Amazon Fire Season

The reality of science, statistics, and satellites is that a deep understanding of the causes, effects, and severity of a fire season takes time.

Published Mar 3, 2020

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Fires Scar Northern Botswana
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Fires Scar Northern Botswana

Satellites detect fires that are not necessarily being reported. Scientists are taking note and compiling global views of fire behavior and evolution.

Published Oct 22, 2018

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Fires in U.S. Southwest
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Fires in U.S. Southwest

Published Jul 5, 2007

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A New Global Fire Atlas
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A New Global Fire Atlas

The satellite-based atlas includes information about more than 13 million fires.

Published Aug 8, 2019

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Global Fires
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Global Fires

Fire is ubiquitous, both a tool and a destructive force. Like plants, fire grows and wanes in seasons.

Published Dec 31, 2008

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Fire in Scotland
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Fire in Scotland

This true-color image shows a large fire burning on the western coast of Scotland.

Published May 5, 2011

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Fires in Southeast Asia
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Fires in Southeast Asia

Hundreds of fires veiled northern Indochina in smoke as the traditional land-use burning season neared its peak.

Published Mar 19, 2014

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Global Fire Maps
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Global Fire Maps

Published Aug 30, 2002

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Bush Fire Scorches Lands Near Phoenix
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Bush Fire Scorches Lands Near Phoenix

The blaze is the largest in Arizona this year and the largest in the United States right now.

Published Jun 16, 2020

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Kincade Fire Grows Overnight
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Kincade Fire Grows Overnight

The eastern part of the fire was active overnight, expanding the burned area to 76,000 acres.

Published Oct 30, 2019

Land Fires Remote Sensing

A New Tool for Tracking Amazon Fires
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A New Tool for Tracking Amazon Fires

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, 2020

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Looking to RECOVER After the Fire
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Looking to RECOVER After the Fire

A NASA project is providing maps of satellite data to emergency response teams during the Woolsey Fire.

Published Nov 16, 2018

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School Fire, Washington
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School Fire, Washington

Published Aug 12, 2005

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Finding Fires in Peru
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Finding Fires in Peru

Peru’s intense fire season in 2016 saw burning extend into 11 of the country’s protected areas.

Published Feb 10, 2017

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Warm Fire in Northern Arizona
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Warm Fire in Northern Arizona

Published Jun 22, 2006

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Huge Bushfire in the Kalahari
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Huge Bushfire in the Kalahari

Beginning in late August 2008, fire broke out near the western border of Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve. By late September, some 40,000 square kilometers (about 15,500 square miles) had burned, scorching roughly 80 percent of the park, according to news reports.

Published Sep 26, 2008

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Fire in the Pantanal
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Fire in the Pantanal

Even during the wet season, fires can burn in the large wetland region in southwestern Brazil.

Published Mar 10, 2020

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McNalley and Pines Fires in California
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McNalley and Pines Fires in California

Published Jul 25, 2002

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