Fires in Cambodia

Dozens of fires burn in farmland around Cambodia’s Tonle Sap in this photo-like image taken on January 21, 2011.

Land Fires

Fires in Cambodia

An arc of hundreds of individual fires wraps around the northern part of Cambodia, north of the Tônlé Sab lake, on February 9, 2009.

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Fires in Southeast Asia

Hundreds of fires veiled northern Indochina in smoke as the traditional land-use burning season neared its peak.

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Fires in Southeast Asia

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Global Fires

Fire is ubiquitous, both a tool and a destructive force. Like plants, fire grows and wanes in seasons.

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Fires in Burma, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam

Fires dotted the landscape between Burma and Vietnam on February 10, 2010.

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Building a Long-Term Record of Fire

Scientists have answered some important questions about how fires vary around the world and are changing over time.

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Fires in Myanmar

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Fires and Smoke Across Southeast Asia

Skies across Southeast Asia were thick with smoke from hundreds of fires, probably agriculture related, on March 3, 2010.

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A New Global Fire Atlas

The satellite-based atlas includes information about more than 13 million fires.

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A New Tool for Tracking Amazon Fires

Following a notable increase in fire activity in August 2019 and a gradual rise in deforestation, scientists have been watching for signs of how 2020 might shape up. Several worrisome signs have emerged.

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Smoke and Fire in the Indochina Peninsula

In Southeast Asia, widespread fire activity is common in March.

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Fires in Southeast Asia

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