Plumes of smoke from fires in western North America routinely pass the eastern U.S., but the smoke from this recent event was especially noticeable because it stayed fairly close to the surface rather than flying high. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148610/
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Learn more about a few notable smoke transport events from previous years here: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147293/ earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/90980/a earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/86011/c
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Research shows that some fires can survive the winter and re-emerge in spring. These overwintering (aka zombie or hibernating) fires are becoming more common in high northern latitudes as the climate warms. 🧟🔥 earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148342/
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Other findings show that fire seasons are getting longer in some places, including the western U.S. ⏳🔥earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/86268/l
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Two weeks after it ignited, the #DixieFire continued to burn in Northern #California. By then, it was the state's largest fire. When the Terra satellite captured this image on July 24, 2021, smoke had enveloped large swaths of the Pacific Northwest. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148626/
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NASA regularly coordinates with local agencies to support response and recovery efforts for fires. In June 2021, NASA participated in BurnEx a prescribed burn exercise with and . appliedsciences.nasa.gov/our-impact/sto
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It's been a summer of fire-breathing smoke storms in North America. Scientists have tracked thunderstorms created by #wildfires for years. However, the ferocity of the pyrocumulonimbus, or #pyroCb, events that have popped up in #Canada has surprised them. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148630/
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The NASA Disasters Mapping Portal provides near real-time and event specific maps and data to support fire response, including a dashboard of fire emissions and air quality data. maps.disasters.nasa.gov/arcgis/apps/we
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As hurricanes churn around North America, a huge plume of smoke is streaming from destructive fires in Northern California. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148725/ See for updates.
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It's been an unusually smoky fire season in #Sakha. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148678/ See updates from . See past burning history from Kirillina et al. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108
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Several destructive fires have charred landscapes in northern #California, and their carbon emissions are adding up. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148731/
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