Worldwide Fires 2020

From july 15 to the end of august the fires in amazon remained at the same level around 35 000 and almost quadrupled from 2035 to 7320 fires in the pantanal compared to the same period in 2019.

Worldwide fires 2020. Wildfires are devastating the american west but the united states isn t the only place on earth that s burning. In less than nine months 2020 has already broken the annual record for the number of fires according to inpe with an increase of 214 percent from the same period last year. There have been more fires alerts around the world this year than last year spelling dire consequences for health biodiversity and the economy and human actions are mostly to blame. This year other countries.

Learn about deforestation rates and other land use practices forest fires forest communities biodiversity and much more. 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.