Sharing some fire rhythms for my first post. 36 years of AVHRR burnt area data. A regular alternating rhythm between the northern and southern tropics, and an increasingly prominent 'third-beat' in equatorial Indonesia.
🔥🛰️ #fireseason #wildfire #EO
Dr Thomas Smith 🔥🌏
Here's a map of UK fire activity in 2025.
2025 was a record year for both number of fires and burnt area in the UK, according to the satellite record.
Data from EFFIS, based on MODIS and Sentinel observations.
🔥#ukwildfires #wildfires
Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests by @phoebeweston.bsky.social & @pgreenfielduk.bsky.social with input from @loridanielsubc.bsky.social in @environment.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/... #ArcticFire #ArcticFires #wildfires
Dr Thomas Smith 🔥🌏
Great episode of the @arcticcouncil.bsky.social This Way Up podcast on The Arctic on Fire www.highnorthnews.com/en/arctic-fire featuring @gwandaii.bsky.social @woodwellclimate.bsky.social @permafrostpathways.bsky.social @highnorthnews.bsky.social #wildfires #ArcticFire
Looking back at the extreme Iberian Peninsula #wildfires of August 2025, resulting in the highest EU+UK total fire emissions of the past 23 years. A short summary by me and Joe McNorton from the @ecmwf.int autumn newsletter www.ecmwf.int/en/newslette... #iiff #incendiosforestales
Mark Parrington
Mark Parrington
Mark Parrington
Blazes that smoulder in the permafrost, only to reignite, are extending fire season though winter, leaving vegetation struggling to recover
The Arctic isn’t just warming, it’s on fire. From the record-shattering 2023 wildfire season in Canada to the zombie fires smoldering beneath the boreal forests, Arctic wildfires are reshaping landsca...
