‘Exceptionally high number of wildfires in North and South America’

Hilde Van Raemdonck

December 9, 2024

The CAMS Global Fire Assimilation System (GFAS), based on MODIS satellite observations, shows the monthly global fire locations and fire radiant power in August 2024 /CAMS/ECMWF

In 2024, North and South America experienced intense wildfires, mainly affecting the Pantanal wetlands, the Amazon, Canada, and the western US. Eastern Eurasia, including within the Arctic Circle, also experienced above-average fire emissions. The regular monitoring of forest fires by the Copernicus
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