NASA's MISR instrument sees California wildfire smoke plumes from space
Smoke from several large wildfires burning in Northern California can be seen traveling miles into the atmosphere.
Smoke from several large wildfires burning in Northern California can be seen traveling miles into the atmosphere.
Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2021
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,Like many people, I will remember this summer in shades of gray and red. As snapshots of a dull orange sun circulated social media, "zombie fires" rose from the Russian permafrost, entire towns were wiped off the map and ...
Environment
Aug 20, 2021
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Residents of London are more than a thousand kilometers from raging wildfires in northwestern Ontario and Manitoba—but the fires' impact on air quality was evident.
Earth Sciences
Aug 5, 2021
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One of the major forest fires burning in Greece amid a protracted heat wave threatened the archaeological site at the birthplace of the modern Olympics as the Greek military prepared Thursday to increase its involvement in ...
Environment
Aug 5, 2021
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Earlier this month, New York City and other cities along the east coast experienced some of the worst air pollution in the world. The cause? Wildfires in California and Oregon so large they produced smoke that drifted thousands ...
Environment
Aug 4, 2021
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This map shows the temperature of the land surface on 2 August 2021. It is clear to see that surface temperatures in Turkey and Cyprus have reached over 50°C, again. A map we published on 2 July shows pretty much the same ...
Environment
Aug 4, 2021
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Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on 30 July 2021, this image shows smoke billowing from several fires along the southern coast of Turkey. Turkey has been battling deadly wildfires since last week. Over the weekend, ...
Environment
Aug 3, 2021
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Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupted on Wednesday, spewing a massive column of smoke and ash into the sky.
Environment
Jul 28, 2021
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When Erin Babnik awoke on the morning of Nov. 8, 2018, in Paradise, California, she thought the reddish glow outside was a hazy sunrise.
Environment
Jul 26, 2021
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Smoke from wildfires in the western U.S. and Canada is blanketing much of the continent, including thousands of miles away on the East Coast. And experts say the phenomenon is becoming more common as human-caused global warming ...
Environment
Jul 22, 2021
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