Seasonal Fires in Southern Africa

Widespread fires produce thick smoke in this image of South Africa from September 15, 2010.

Land Fires

Fires in Southeast Asia

This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on February 23, 2009, shows widespread fires across Southeast Asia. Fires were detected in India, Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and southern China.

Atmosphere Land Fires Human Presence

Southern Africa Fires

Fires

Different Records, Same Warming Trend

Four independent records are unequivocal: the world has warmed since 1880, and the past decade has been the warmest on record.

Image of the Day Heat Human Presence

Fires in Myanmar

Fires

Fires in Kazakhstan

In this part of Kazakhstan, winters are cold and short, and summers are long, hot, and dry. In the summer, the possibility of out-of-control fires is high, due to both lightning and human activities, such as intentional pasture fires that escape.

Land Fires

Fires in Southeast Africa and Madagascar

Fires

Fires in Southern Africa

Fires

Fires in Central Africa

Fires burned from Nigeria through the Central African Republic in late December 2008.

Atmosphere Land Life Dust and Haze Fires

Fires in Southeast Asia

Thick smoke from hundreds of fires in Southeast Asia hid most of the land surface from view on April 5, 2010.

Atmosphere Land Life Fires Human Presence