Researchers Detect a Global Drop in Fires

Changes in human settlement patterns and agriculture have led to less burning in grasslands, tropical forests, and savannas.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Researchers Detect a Global Drop in Fires.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using GFED4s data courtesy of Doug Morton/NASA GSFC. Story by Kate Ramsayer, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Published June 30, 2017
Data acquired 1998 - 2015

Sources:: Aqua > MODIS; TRMM; Terra > MODIS