The state’s brutal fire season has not ended.
Published Dec 4, 2020
The blaze grew 140,000 acres in 24 hours to become the second largest fire in Colorado history.
Published Oct 26, 2020
The Cameron Peak and August Complex fires have punctuated a year of natural drama in the American West.
Published Oct 21, 2020Image of the Day Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
Analyzing subtle differences in near-infrared and shortwave-infrared light from the landscape, scientists can provide some measure of the severity of wildfire burns.
Published Oct 14, 2020Image of the Day Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
Another stretch of intense heat has reinvigorated the state’s brutal 2020 fire season.
Published Oct 2, 2020
The fire is among the largest Los Angeles County has ever faced.
Published Sep 23, 2020
Satellites tracked smoke from wildfires as it spanned the continental United States and followed winds around two hurricanes.
Published Sep 17, 2020Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Water Fires Remote Sensing
Satellite data is helping scientists size up one of the most intense outbreaks of fire and smoke that Oregon and California have seen in decades.
Published Sep 11, 2020Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
Several intense wildfires continue to rage in Oregon, California, and other states.
Published Sep 10, 2020
Dozens of extremely intense fires are tearing through Pacific Coast states.
Published Sep 9, 2020
Intense fires raged in several western states over the Labor Day weekend.
Published Sep 8, 2020
By early September 2020, more than a quarter million acres had burned within the August Complex fire in Mendocino National Forest.
Published Sep 3, 2020Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
Winds carried smoke from California wildfires westward over the Pacific Ocean.
Published Sep 3, 2020
The LNU and SCU Lightning Complex fires—the second and third largest fires in state history—have burned more than 700,000 acres of land.
Published Aug 27, 2020
Wildfires in California have consumed more than 700,000 acres since August 15, 2020.
Published Aug 21, 2020
An unusual amount of smoke from wildfires has spread across hundreds of miles.
Published Aug 20, 2020
Enormous plumes created unhealthy breathing conditions in the San Joaquin Valley and San Francisco Bay area.
Published Aug 19, 2020
Several wildfires filled the skies with smoky haze.
Published Aug 19, 2020
The fires have burned more than 125,000 acres and are expected to burn for several more weeks.
Published Aug 17, 2020
Wildfire smoke from California traveled hundreds to miles and obscured skies in central Arizona.
Published Aug 3, 2020
A wildfire in Fresno County, California has burned more than 28,000 acres.
Published Jul 20, 2020
The blaze is the largest in Arizona this year and the largest in the United States right now.
Published Jun 16, 2020Image of the Day Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
