Welcome to Wildfires 101 🔥

Wildfires are an important part of many ecosystems, but climate change is causing fires to burn larger, longer, and more often. @nasa science helps us learn about and prepare for fires in a warmer world. https://go.nasa.gov/47iWmIA

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NASA Tracks Wildfires From Above to Aid Firefighters Below

Every evening from late spring to early fall, two planes lift off from airports in the western United States and fly through the sunset, each headed for an active wildfire, and then another, and another.

^{Jennifer Fadoul (NASA)}