Scientists hope that higher-resolution data from VIIRS will lessen the pressure on firefighters.
Published Dec 8, 2015
During nearly a year of flight testing on the space station, a new thermal infrared camera collected more than 15 million images.
Published Apr 8, 2020
The new instrument should become a primary resource for monitoring of biomass burning and for fire management.
Published Jan 26, 2012
Scientists have found a way to detect nighttime fires even sooner, when they are still relatively small.
Published Apr 7, 2017
Squid boats create a city of light in the South Atlantic.
Published Oct 31, 2013
It is not even summertime, but already the United Kingdom has seen a significant number of wildfires.
Published May 6, 2019
On October 21, 2013, destructive wildfires burning in New South Wales were poised to worsen.
Published Oct 21, 2013
Management and wildfires put a pall of smoke over South America in August 2016.
Published Aug 26, 2016
Cooler weather helped firefighters control bushfires in New South Wales, but dozens of blazes were still active on October 24, 2013.
Published Oct 25, 2013
An unnamed berg of unknown origin drifted in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Published Dec 14, 2014
Fire is ubiquitous, both a tool and a destructive force. Like plants, fire grows and wanes in seasons.
Published Dec 31, 2008
Satellites have detected an increase in fire activity early in the 2019 dry season in the southern Amazon.
Published Aug 23, 2019Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
