California’s wildfires have produced so much smoke and fine particles that it is affecting the skies all across the United States. Smoke and dust carried aloft many thousands of feet is shrouding the Sun and producing a bizarre haze across many states. These fires, and others around the world, have been directly linked to climate …
California’s wildfires turned San Francisco into a hellscape on Wednesday, covering the city in an orange haze. There are nearly 50 active fires burning in California right now, with some having already consumed hundreds of thousands of acres. Climate change has been directly linked to the increase in extreme weather events such as the dry …
California wildfires are raging after record heat was followed by powerful storms that produced thousands of lightning strikes. Residents are preparing for evacuations in some areas as over 350 fires have been spotted in the state. Global warming is directly related to the prevalence of record heat as well as stronger storms and hurricanes. California …
Another year, another devastating breakout of wildfire in California. This troubling trend shows no sign of slowing down, and that’s bad news for Californians who have been forced to evacuate as smoke and fire spreads across huge chunks of the state. NASA isn’t in the business of fighting fires, at least not directly, but that …
The Arctic is a chilly place, or at least it’s supposed to be, but a recent combination of record-breaking heat and intense wildfires have turned areas of Greenland, Siberia, and Alaska into smoke-covered infernos. Scientists have been keeping a close eye on how things are developing, and as Earther reports, we’ve got some really stunning …
NASA spends plenty of time peering into space, but the agency’s high-powered tools can also provide some serious help to us here on Earth. With deadly wildfires raging out of control in California, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is using satellites to map the progress of the various blazes, giving disaster management officials vital info in …
It was just a few days ago that the National Weather Service provided some stunning glimpses at the effect the California wildfires are having on weather patterns in the United States, and now NASA is chiming in with its own discoveries. The NWS revealed that massive smoke clouds pushed aloft by the fires were gradually …
California is currently in the midst of a pretty serious wildfire crisis. Emergency management officials are working tirelessly to contain the fires as they jump rivers and roads and spread to new areas, but while the danger is highest in California itself, the effects of the raging infernos can be felt as far away as …
NASA has a whole bunch of fancy cameras floating around in Earth’s orbit and many of them are peering outwards into the depths of space, but the administration keeps a close eye on what’s happening on our own planet as well. Recently, NASA pointed its Terra satellite towards the wildfires that are raging in California, …
