Wildfires

Fires on the Rise in the Far North

Satellite-based maps show northern wildland fires becoming more frequent and widespread as temperatures rise and lightning reaches higher latitudes.

Fire on Ice: The Arctic’s Changing Fire Regime

An increasingly flammable landscape combined with more lightning strikes is leading to larger, more frequent, and more intense fires than…

Fire Threatens Rare Forests in Argentina

Blazes spread across Los Alerces National Park, home to some of the world's oldest trees.

New Timing for Stubble Burning in India

Scientists say the seasonal crop fires are burning later in the day than in previous years.

Smoky Skies in the Pacific Northwest

Smoke filled river valleys in northeastern Washington and parts of British Columbia.

Smoke Blankets the Iberian Peninsula

Fueled by extreme heat and dry conditions, intense wildfires in Spain and Portugal sent thick smoke across parts of Europe.

Seeing the Monroe Canyon Fire in a New Light

As wildland fires raged in the American West, NASA airborne technology was there to image it in incredible detail.

Fire Burns Through Olympic Wilderness

The Bear Gulch fire spread through dense forest and filled skies with smoke in northwestern Washington state.

Sprawling Gifford Fire Scorches California

The fast-growing blaze charred more than 100,000 acres in the span of a week.