World Wildfires Map

World Wildfires Map. The colors are based on a count of the number (not size) of fires observed within a 1,000-square-kilometer area. 3 Wildfire Maps for Tracking Real-Time Forest Fires


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Fire data is available for download or can be viewed through a map interface Globally, fire plays a major role in Earth's carbon cycle by releasing carbon into the air, and by consuming trees that would otherwise absorb carbon from the air during photosynthesis

US Maps; World Atlas; Home » Maps & Cartography » 3 Wildfire Maps for Tracking Real-Time Forest Fires Color ranges from red where the fire count is low to yellow where number of fires is large. These maps show the locations of actively burning fires around the world, detected by instruments aboard NASA satellites.

. US Maps; World Atlas; Home » Maps & Cartography » 3 Wildfire Maps for Tracking Real-Time Forest Fires It is powered by FireDB, which enhances the data from NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) with authoritative fire points sourced from agencies in the U.S.

. The active fire map is a service offered and produced by NASA FIRMS based on the data collected by the MODIS/VIIRS sensors on board the satellites The colors are based on a count of the number (not size) of fires observed within a 1,000-square-kilometer area.