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.
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...
Weatherthings
Wildfire Safety: Being Ready
How, when, and where wildfires happen, with a focus on safety. Wildfires need fuel and heat, so they can happen in any dry place. They are a natural part of Earth and they do have benefits. Most are caused by human activity. Wildfires...
NASA
Satellites See Fires Burning Across California
In August 2020, California is facing several major fires, including the LNU Lightning Complex Fire, which grew into the second-largest wildfire in California history. The state's heat waves, droughts, and lightning all played a role in...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
2020 Britannica Year in Review
In 2020 the world experienced unprecedented hardships alongside joy and celebration. Britannica's readers sought out numerous topics that helped them to put 2020's events into context and better understand an astonishing year.
Weatherthings
Wildfire Safety: What are wildfires?
How, when, and where wildfires happen, with a focus on safety. Wildfires need fuel and heat, so they can happen in any dry place. They are a natural part of Earth and they do have benefits. Most are caused by human activity. Wildfires...
Science360
When Nature Strikes - Wildfires
Wildfires can burn thousands of acres, devastate communities, and sometimes even claim lives. Janice Coen at the National Center for Atmospheric Research is studying how weather and fire interact in order to develop a wildfire prediction...
Weatherthings
Wildfire Safety: Managing and fighting wildfires
How, when, and where wildfires happen, with a focus on safety. Wildfires need fuel and heat, so they can happen in any dry place. They are a natural part of Earth and they do have benefits. Most are caused by human activity. Wildfires...