Forest Fires Worldwide

The colors are based on a count of the number not size of fires observed within a 1 000 square kilometer area.

Forest fires worldwide. White pixels show the high end of. Download active fire products from the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer and visible infrared imaging radiometer suite 375 m vnp14imgtdl nrt and vj114imgtdl nrt for the last 24 48 hours and 7 days in shapefile kml wms or text file formats viirs data complement modis fire detections but the improved spatial resolution of the 375 m data provides a greater response over fires. The fire maps show the locations of actively burning fires around the world on a monthly basis based on observations from the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer on nasa s terra satellite. Eight people were killed and 10 have been hospitalized as a series of forest fires swept through part of the eastern ukrainian region of luhansk the emergency service said on thursday.

Rogerio florentino afp via getty images drought in the pantanal and other parts of brazil in 2020 has. Aerial view showing large scale forest fires on august 1 in the pantanal region of brazil. Explore the state of forests worldwide by analyzing tree cover change on gfw s interactive global forest map using satellite data. This spring forest fires around the defunct chernobyl nuclear plant in the north of the country and elsewhere pushed pollution levels in ukraine s capital kyiv to the worst in the world.

Depending on the type of vegetation present a wildfire can also be classified more specifically as a forest fire brush fire bushfire in australia desert fire grass fire hill fire peat fire prairie fire vegetation fire or veld fire. Explore the relationship between forests and fires the effect of climate change on wildfires and how protection against deforestation can help prevent forest fires. This fires video shows how nasa is collecting data to help firefighters fight the blazes that continue to break out across the globe. A wildfire wildland fire or rural fire is an unplanned unwanted uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation starting in rural areas.

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