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New Data in Action: Satellite Observations Help Kansas Farmers Track and Manage Prescribed Burns

Annual prescribed burns are crucial for improving and maintaining pasture and crop land health, and remote sensing data provides near real-time information on location and air quality.

News

June 6, 2025

This color map shows Africa, portions of the Middle East, and Southern Europe. The Northern third of Africa is colored in shades of tan to highlight the desert regions. The middle of Africa is covered in red dots to indicate where fires have been detected. The Southern portion of Africa is green to reflect the more humid, vegetation-rich areas.

The Big and Small of Fire in Africa

NASA Earth science data are being used in Africa’s Sahel region and across the continent to help track, study, and manage fires.

Feature Article

Nov. 16, 2022

Strange Bedfellows

Is the delicate relationship between fire and plants changing?

Feature Article

March 1, 2021

Resource manager Rafael Manzanero stands atop the great temple at Caracol Archaeological Reserve, located inside the Chiquibul National Park. (Photograph by J. Houston courtesy Rare)

Orbiting Watchtowers

Forest managers keep an eye on resources in near real-time.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

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