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Heatwaves and Fires Scorch Europe, Africa, and Asia

In summer 2022, multiple heatwaves around the world felled temperature records and fueled wildfires.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using GEOS-5 data from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at NASA GSFC and VIIRS day-night band data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Story by Sara E. Pratt.

Published July 15, 2022
Data acquired July 12 - 13, 2022

Sources:
Model
Suomi NPP > VIIRS