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Fires Arrive in the Amazon Rainforest – NASA Science 0
- Aqua, Earth Observatory, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX, Wildfires
- October 15, 2026
Unlike a tornado or thunderstorm that can deliver destruction in minutes, El Niño exerts its influence over many months. This year, a drought accompanying El Niño has left the Amazon rainforest primed to burn, and scientists say the region has entered the early stages of what they think will be a long and severe fire
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Explosive Intensification for Hurricane Polo – NASA Science 0
- Aqua, Earth Observatory, Hurricanes & Typhoons, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- September 25, 2026
In mid-September 2026, Hurricane Polo began as a tropical disturbance off the Pacific coast of Mexico. By September 20, it was organized enough to qualify as a tropical depression, and by the next day it was a tropical storm. From there, Polo launched into a period of rapid intensification that left meteorologists searching for adjectives
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Peatland Fires Darken Skies in Indonesia – NASA Science 0
- Aqua, Earth Observatory, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX, Wildfires
- September 3, 2026
If there were an apex predator among fires, tropical peatland fires would be a top contender. These fires, which burn in dried wetland soils, are slow-burning, highly polluting, and notoriously difficult to extinguish because they smolder at low temperatures and often burn underground through expansive deposits of peat. By one estimate, peat fires generate three
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Chasing Fire Clouds in Utah – NASA Science 0
- Aqua, Clouds, Earth Observatory, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX, Wildfires
- August 17, 2026
Scientists have long known that volcanoes can launch large quantities of particles into the stratosphere. In the past few decades, it has become clear that wildfires do this, too, by generating towering, smoke-infused pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) clouds. The largest pyroCbs are stunning weather-making features that generate massive thunderheads capable of unleashing lightning, hail, and heavy rain.
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Smoke Rises Over Big Cypress National Preserve 0
- Aqua, Earth Observatory, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Wildfires
- March 3, 2026
On February 22, 2026, a wildland fire was discovered in Big Cypress National Preserve, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Naples, Florida. The blaze, dubbed the National fire, moved through dry vegetation and sent a plume of smoke billowing over parts of the preserve and nearby communities. The MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured
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