State of the Climate: 2020 Ties as Warmest Year on Record

January 16, 2021 / activist360 / Leave a comment

With all the official climate data now in, the world’s surface temperatures in 2020 have been confirmed as effectively tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record.

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More Than 260 Major, Mostly Illegal Amazon Fires Detected Since Late May

August 16, 2020 / activist360 / Leave a comment

The Amazon fire season is building momentum

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NASA Studies How Arctic Fires Change the World

August 20, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment

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 Arctic fires and what that means for climate forecasting, ecosystems and human health.