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In fire-prone ecosystems in Australia's Northern Territory, prescribed burns are lit to minimize the severity of fires later in the…
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Over the last decade, wildfires have worsened ground-level ozone pollution across much of the contiguous United States, creating unhealthy air…
The sprawling storm promised to deliver torrential rain across a wide swath of southern Japan.
A wildland fire charred grassland, coastal sage scrub, and chaparral across one-third of the island, the second largest of the…
Satellites observed striking upper-atmosphere phenomena generated by an intensifying tropical cyclone.
Wild disturbances are on the rise, while land disturbed by human activity has been decreasing.
With peak wildfire season approaching, scientists with NASA’s FireSense project have created low-cost thermal sensors to install on fire bulldozers…
Scientists with NASA’s FireSense project have been working with the Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) to create low-cost thermal sensors to…
The volcano on Indonesia’s Halmahera Island routinely ejects ash, volcanic gases, and volcanic bombs.
