Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australia on Fire - Hidden Danger
This summer's bushfire disaster has already taken 28 lives directly, but countless others could suffer from the health impacts of prolonged exposure to toxic smoke.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australia on Fire - Border Fire
Along the border of NSW and Victoria, where three fires have now joined together, communities are still dealing with the devastation. The so-called 'megablaze' has now consumed about 800,000 hectares of land, and dozens of homes.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australia on Fire - Gippsland
Fires have ravaged Victoria's east - in Bairnsdale, Lucy Carter met locals returning to find their homes reduced to ash. A number of communities - especially along the coastline of Gippsland - remain completely cut off, with so many...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australia on Fire - Batlow
Residents of Batlow on the south west slopes of New South Wales have begun to assess the damage.
NASA
NASA's Curious Universe: Only on Earth
When you think of NASA, you might think of all the incredible mysteries of outer space. But we’re also pretty invested in another very special place … our home. In this episode, join us as we celebrate all the ways NASA keeps an eye on...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australia on Fire - Military Operation
As bushfires continue to burn in Australia, towns are still cut off from the outside world, forcing residents to ration whatever fuel, water and food is left until help arrives.
Astrum
4 days of Australia burning | 4K view from space
View from space of the Australian bushfires, from the December 30th 2019 to January 2nd 2020. Based on data from JAXA / JMA / Himawari.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australia on Fire - Fire Bees
The combination of drought and fire is having a devastating impact on honey production.
Next Animation Studio
Scientists say climate policies may not be enough to undo damage caused by wildfires
The amount of carbon being spewed out into the atmosphere may completely undo what climate policies have helped to prevent over the years, reports CAL Matters.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australia on Fire - Mallacoota
The nation remains in the grip of a bushfire disaster. Our coverage begins in eastern Victoria, where more than 300 people have been evacuated by air from the besieged town of Mallacoota.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australia on Fire - Cobargo
Those New Year's Eve images of a pitch-black sky thick with smoke, people huddled on the beach, some escaping across the water, are going to stick in the Australian psyche for many years to come. We begin our coverage tonight in the...
NASA
NASA Rainfall Data and Global Fire Weather
The Global Fire WEather Database (GFWED) integrates different weather factors influencing the likelihood of a vegetation fire starting and spreading. It is based on the Fire Weather Index (FWI) System, which tracks the dryness of three...
Science360
Virtual Reality Fires
In a year when many Floridians have experienced first-hand the dangers of raging wildfires, University of Central Florida researchers are preparing to study whether interactive, virtual reality simulations of wildfires can make residents...
NASA
NASA Studies How Arctic Fires Change the World
Wildfires in the Arctic often burn far away from population centers, but their impacts are felt around the globe. From field and laboratory work to airborne campaigns and satellites, NASA is studying how climate change is contributing to...
NASA
NASA and NOAA Take to the Air to Chase Smoke
NASA, NOAA and university partners are taking to the skies, and the ground, to chase smoke from fires burning across the United States. The Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality (FIREX-AQ) is starting in...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australia on Fire - Fire Family
It’s not uncommon to hear members of volunteer firefighting brigades refer to themselves as a family – brothers and sisters putting enormous faith in each other as they battle to save lives and properties.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australia on Fire - Tumut Survival
Across many parts of Victoria and NSW the fires are a double whammy for farmers, who’ve already had to face crippling drought.
NASA
NASA Looks at the North American Monsoon
North America experiences a yearly monsoon weather system in late summer as moisture comes up from the west coast of Mexico and enters the southwestern U.S. The seasonal weather pattern brings both much of the region's precipitation but...
NASA
NASA Sees High Temperatures, Wildfires, Sea Ice Minimum Extent in Warming Arctic
On Sept. 15, 2020, Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent -- the second-lowest on record. This summer, temperatures soared in the Siberian Arctic, and intense fires burned through peatland. The Arctic region is warming three...
Science360
Wildfires jeopardize future forests!
As wildfires continue to rage in California, a future with fewer forests is very real according to findings from a new study on the resilience of Rocky Mountain forests. A team lead by Colorado State University, and University of Idaho,...
NASA
NASA Satellites See Wildfires from Space
As wildfires burn across California, NASA satellites help gather data about where the fires are and how smoke travels across the state. The smoke from the fires is even visible a million miles away from Earth, captured by NASA's Earth...
NASA
NASA | 2013 Wildfires
NASA scientist Dr. Doug Morton talks about the 2013 wildfire season as well as future trends for wildfires and how NASA resources are used to help detect and monitor wildfires around the world.
NASA
NASA Sees Intense Fires around the World
This year’s wildfire season is off to a blazing start. The United States had an early start to the season, with more than 29,000 wildfires burning more than 2.6 million acres of land. The driest season in 14 years has left the southern...
The Guardian
Paradise lost: the town incinerated by California's deadliest wildfire
Paradise, California, was a slice of heaven for those who lived there – until they lost everything in California’s worst wildfire. The Camp fire wiped out the town, killed at least 85 people, and scorched 150,000 acres. But in the face...