The Forests are burning
Forest fires and their impact over the climate crisis
Forest fires
On Earth, something is always burning.
Wildfires are started by lightning or accidentally by people, and people use controlled fires to manage farmland and pasture and clear natural vegetation for farmland.
Fires can generate large amounts of smoke pollution, release greenhouse gases, and unintentionally degrade ecosystems.
White pixels — as many as 30 fires in a 1,000-square-kilometer area per day. Orange pixels show as many as 10 fires. Red areas show as few as 1 fire per day.
White pixels — as many as 30 fires in a 1,000-square-kilometer area per day. Orange pixels show as many as 10 fires. Red areas show as few as 1 fire per day.
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.
THE AMAZON FIRES
THE AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRES
