High-Latitude Forest Fires Behave Differently in North America and Eurasia

Research shows that very similar boreal landscapes produce very different types of fires.

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NASA Earth Observatory maps by Joshua Stevens, based on data from Brendan Rogers, Woods Hole Research Center. Caption by Mike Carlowicz. This research was funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation.

Published February 4, 2015
Data acquired January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2013

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Aqua > MODIS

Terra > MISR

Terra > MODIS