Wildfires are burning across a region struck by extremely hot, dry conditions.
Published Aug 4, 2017Researchers are flying through wildfire smoke to learn about the molecules lingering inside its plume.
Published Aug 21, 2019Thick smoke billowed from a fire in Osceola National Forest.
Published Apr 10, 2012Fires in Russia in May 2014 fueled pyrocumulus clouds that pumped smoke high into the atmosphere.
Published May 21, 2014New Mexico’s largest fire has grown in fits and starts.
Published Jun 4, 2012Thick smoke darkened skies over Lake Koocanusa in northern Montana.
Published Sep 5, 2017The Terra satellite observed two large bushfires in Western Australia. One of them threatened the towns of Northcliffe and Windy Harbour.
Published Feb 6, 2015A thick, gray-brown cloud of smoke stretches across hundreds of kilometers over Canada’s Northwest Territories, Alberta, and Saskatchewan in this image from June 26, 2010.
Published Jun 28, 2010Smoke from the Rim Fire brought unhealthy air to Yosemite National Park and the San Joaquin Valley over the Labor Day Weekend.
Published Sep 3, 2013Hundreds of fires veiled northern Indochina in smoke as the traditional land-use burning season neared its peak.
Published Mar 19, 2014California’s Carr Fire was one of 98 large, active fires delivering smoke across the United States in late July.
Published Jul 31, 2018The West Fork Complex fire was so hot that it spawned numerous pyrocumulus clouds.
Published Jun 26, 2013Fires are burning so fiercely that they are lofting smoke to unusual heights.
Published Jan 9, 2020Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Drought Fires Remote Sensing
Hot weather, parched forests, and lightning came together in July 2014 to ignite numerous wildfires in British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, and Oregon.
Published Jul 20, 2014Among the byproducts of the pandemic and social distancing is a drop in forest management fires on federal lands.
Published May 18, 2020Acquired June 5, 2011, this natural-color image shows thick smoke from Arizona traveling northward through Colorado.
Published Jun 6, 2011