Canadian Wildfire Smoke Crosses the Atlantic, Affecting Air Quality Index Across Europe Summer is officially here, meaning longer days, drier conditions, and warmer weather. While all of those factors make for a great day on the beach, it can wreak havoc on North America’s drier areas, especially the prairie provinces of Canada such as Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. I currently reside in Michigan, a state not commonly associated with wildfires due to […] Fire Joseph Kaufmann | June 11, 2025 0 Comments
NASA: Smoky Skies Across North America This post first appeared on NASA Earth Observatory. In July 2024, wildland fires in Canada billowed smoke that drifted across North America. A stretch of extreme heat, coupled with windy conditions and thunderstorms, helped spur the ignition and expansion of fires in several Canadian provinces. As of July 24, 989 fires actively burned in Canada, with over half of those […] Fire Guest Author | August 1, 2024 0 Comments
Smoke Erupts From Chairlift at Cerro Chapelco Ski Resort in Argentina Skiers and riders at Cerro Chapelco, a popular ski resort in the Andes Mountains, Argentina, were concerned on Saturday when one of the resort’s chairlifts began emitting a significant amount of smoke. Around 2 pm local time on August 5, visitors at the resort witnessed large clouds of smoke billowing from the bottom terminal lift of the chairlift. Despite the […] Industry News SnowBrains | August 8, 2023 0 Comments
NASA: Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Reaches Europe Smoke from wildland fires, which have been burning in the Canadian province of Quebec for weeks, has crossed the Atlantic Ocean and darkened skies in southwestern Europe. Related: NASA: Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Chokes Northeastern US The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this image in the morning (11:10 Universal Time) on June 26, 2023. At […] Fire Firebrains | June 27, 2023 0 Comments
NASA: Smoke Blankets the Upper Midwest Smoke from intense wildland fires in Canada billowed over the upper Midwest in June 2023, causing hazy skies and hazardous air quality in Canada and across several U.S. states. Related: NASA: Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Chokes Northeastern US The image above—acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite—shows smoke drifting across Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North and […] Fire Firebrains | June 16, 2023 0 Comments
NASA: A Smoky May for North America For remote sensing scientists who track the movement of smoke plumes, May 2023 has been a wild, memorable month due to extreme fire activity in northwestern Canada. Related: NASA: Smoke Fills North American Skies Early spring always brings elevated fire risk to Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the northeastern edge of British Columbia—naturally dry areas that lie in the rain shadow of […] Fire Firebrains | May 29, 2023 0 Comments
Weekly USA Fire & Smoke Report & Forecast | 96 Large Fires Are Currently Burning 905,828 Acres in Several States  National Fire News National Preparedness Level 3 as of September 16 at 7:00 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5) Current hours for the National Fire Information Center are (MST) 8:00 am – 4:30pm, Monday – Friday 208-387-5050 This report will be updated Monday through Friday. Please check the IMSR for more information. September 23, 2022 Six new large […] Fire Firebrains | September 23, 2022 0 Comments
NASA: Western Smoke Rides the Winds In late summer 2022, nearly 100 large wildland fires burned in the U.S. West. Almost two dozen of those burned Washington and Oregon alone, filling the air with smoke. Plumes from two of the fires on September 10, 2022, were especially pronounced. Related: NASA: Smoky Fires Rage in the Northwest The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite […] Fire Firebrains | September 13, 2022 0 Comments
USA Fire & Smoke Report & Forecast – August 12, 2022 | Sixty-Seven Large Fires and Complexes Have Burned 1,696,851 Acres in 16 States National Fire News National Preparedness Level 3 As of July 12 at 5:00 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5) Current hours for the National Fire Information Center are (MST) 8:00 am – 4:30pm, Monday – Friday 208-387-5050 This report will be updated Monday through Friday. Please check the IMSR for more information. August 12, 2022 Sixty-seven large […] Fire Firebrains | August 12, 2022 0 Comments
Where Does Wildfire Smoke Go? Year after year, it seems like wildfire season is a perennial experience shared by millions in the Western United States. Millions upon millions of tons of smoke and ash drift into the atmosphere, causing hazy skies, electric red sunsets, and stiflingly poor air quality. However, what happens to this smoke? Does it circulate in the atmosphere forever? Does it magically vanish? Related: […] Fire Clay Malott | July 21, 2022 1 Comment
NASA: Wildfire Smoke Over Siberia During the first week of July, NASA satellites began detecting signs that several wildland fires were burning in Russia’s far east. Two weeks later, several fires had grown much larger and more intense, creating rivers of smoke that flowed over parts of Khabarovsk and the neighboring Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite […] Fire Firebrains | July 19, 2022 0 Comments
Record-Breaking Wildfires Have Burned Over 2 Million Acres in Alaska, Covering Half the State in Smoke Summertime in Alaska is supposed to be magical (except for the mosquitos). Endless daylight and copious amounts of outdoor activities means recreational opportunities are prime before the harsh, dark, cold winter comes. However, this summer has been plagued by wildfires. There are still several months left in wildfire season, but Alaska has already surpassed 2 million acres burned this season. […] Fire Brent Glogau | July 7, 2022 0 Comments
NASA: MISR Instrument Sees California Wildfire Smoke Plumes From Space This post first appeared on the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory website and was written by Esprit Smith, NASA’s Earth Science News Team. Smoke from several large wildfires burning in Northern California can be seen traveling miles into the atmosphere. As of Aug. 24, wildfires in Northern California – including the McCash, Antelope, River Complex, Monument, and Dixie fires – have […] Fire Firebrains | August 26, 2021 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe’s Air Quality is Some of the Worst in North America Lake Tahoe has some of the worst air quality in North America right now. The prevailing winds are carrying smoke from the nearby Caldor Fire right into the Tahoe Basin. Related: Caldor Fire Forces Ski Area Closures as it Nears Lake Tahoe, CA At the time of writing, the lodge at the Alpine Meadows ski area has an air quality […] Fire Firebrains | August 24, 2021 6 Comments
Wildfire Smoke Reaches North Pole For First Time in Recorded History A vast, thick, and acrid blanket of smoke emitted from hundreds of forest fires covered most of Russia on August 6, 2021. Related: Why the Smoke Pollution From the West is the Worst It’s Been in 10-Years This true-color image, which was acquired by Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Aqua satellite on August 6, was created using […] Fire Firebrains | August 11, 2021 0 Comments
Air Quality in Denver, CO Was the Worst in the World on Saturday The top is what the view normally looks like. The bottom is the current view of #Denver with all the smoke covering the city. pic.twitter.com/PPsJ1LwxAW — Nick Ota-Wang, MA | He/Him/His 🏳️🌈 🎻 🐘 🐶 📖 (@NickOtaWang) August 8, 2021 The air quality in Denver, CO was the worst of any major city in the world on Saturday, as smoke […] Fire Firebrains | August 9, 2021 2 Comments
Why the Smoke Pollution From the West is the Worst It’s Been in 10-Years The story ‘Smoke Across North America’ first appeared on NASA Earth Observatory and was written by Adam Voiland. While plumes of wildfire smoke from western North America have passed over the northeastern U.S. and Canada multiple times each summer in recent years, they often go unnoticed. That is because smoke that spreads far from its source typically moves at a fairly […] Fire Firebrains | July 23, 2021 0 Comments
Smoke From Western Wildfires Affecting Air Quality Across the Country This post first appeared on NASA Earth Observatory and was written by Adam Voiland. Smoke from fires raging in central and western North America has spread widely across the continent. Skies have turned hazy in cities ranging from Boston to Washington, D.C., as smoke from fires in Canada’s Manitoba and Ontario provinces poured into the U.S. Northeast. Related: Wildfire Smoke […] Fire Firebrains | July 22, 2021 0 Comments
Smoke Can Be Seen From Space From 220+ Wildfires Burning Across the PNW The extraordinary heatwave that scorched the Pacific Northwest in June 2021 has diminished, but substantial fires continued to burn across the region in July. Exacerbated by extreme heat and wind, more than 40 fires started burning across British Columbia in late June. By July 8, that number climbed to more than 200 active fires across the Canadian province, of which […] Fire Firebrains | July 12, 2021 0 Comments
Smoke Finally Clears in California Allowing Polar-Orbiting Satellite to Capture First Images of Snow this Year California, that you? Thought we lost you there for a minute… After the worst fire season in modern history for California, much of the smoke from wildfires throughout the state has apparently cleared, allowing this polar-orbiting satellite to capture images of snow mountains. The National Weather Service wrote in a social media post yesterday: It’s been awhile since we’ve been able […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 10, 2020 0 Comments
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