The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a natural-color image acquired this image of smoke rising from wildfires burning in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland.
The phenomenon of fire-triggered thunderstorms is called pyroCbs, which is short for pyrocumulonimbus clouds.
The continual arrival of smoke from the Camp Fire has pushed cities in the northern California area to air pollution levels to some of the highest around the world.
In California, the officially hottest month on the record- July – was topped with the most severe wildfire season that Californians have ever witnessed.
The research on fire seasons indicates that around 25% of Earth’s vegetated surfaces now experience a longer fire season.
The European Space Agency has posted high resolution imagery of the northern California fires. A high number of fires are burning in the Big Sur … Read more