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A New Tool for Tracking Amazon Fires

Following a notable increase in fire activity in August 2019 and a gradual rise in deforestation, scientists have been watching for signs of how 2020 might shape up. Several worrisome signs have emerged.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story A New Tool for Tracking Amazon Fires.

NASA Earth Observatory map and chart by Lauren Dauphin, using data from the GFED Amazon Dashboard team. VIIRS fire data comes from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. MODIS image from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published August 19, 2020
Data acquired August 1, 2020

Sources:: Aqua > MODIS; NOAA-20 > VIIRS; Suomi NPP > VIIRS

Collection:: Amazon Deforestation