Wildfires in the Arctic often burn far away from population centers, but their impacts are felt around the globe. From field and laboratory work to airborne campaigns and satellites, NASA is studying how climate change is contributing to more frequent and powerful boreal forest and tundra fires and what that means for climate forecasting, ecosystems and human health.
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GSFC_20190813_Arctic_m13281_Fires
Date Created
August 13, 2019
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GSFC
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video
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Harrison Bach, Liz Wilk, Jefferson Beck, John Caldwell, Robert Andreoli, Kathryn Mersmann
Location
Goddard Space Flight Center
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