NASA International Space Station program

Our planet is burning in unexpected ways ‑ here’s how we can protect people and nature

We used satellite data to create global maps of where and how fires are burning. Fire season lasts two weeks longer than it used to and fires are more intense. But there are regional differences.
Gunakan alat geser di gambar berikut untuk melihat foto satelit NASA sebelum dan sesudah kebakaran dan dampak kemarau di Australia. NASA

4 foto sebelum dan sesudah kebakaran hutan di Australia beserta analisis dari ahli

Kami mengumpulkan empat foto sebelum dan sesudah kebakaran hutan di Australia dari aplikasi foto satelit NASA dan meminta peneliti kebakaran hutan, Grant Williamson untuk menganalisisnya.
On peut voir ici une image prise le 1er novembre 2019 et une autre, le 3 janvier 2020. Sur cette photo, on peut voir de très nombreux feux intenses qui font rage actuellement sur la côte Est ainsi qu'une énorme quantité de fumée qui souffle en direction de la Nouvelle-Zélande. NASA / Neil A. Armstrong

L’Australie vue de l’espace : des images saisissantes avant et pendant les feux de brousse

Nous avons sélectionné quatre images satellites de la NASA avant et pendant les feux qui font rage en Australie. Grant Williamson, chercheur sur la gestion des risques d’incendie, les commente.
Use the slider tool in the images below to see before and after NASA satellite images of Australia’s fire and drought effects. NASA

‘This crisis has been unfolding for years’: 4 photos of Australia from space, before and after the bushfires

We pulled four before-and-after NASA satellite images and asked bushfire researcher Grant Williamson to reflect on the story they tell.
Aborigines Using Fire to Hunt Kangaroos, by Joseph Lycett. New research suggests the assumption Aboriginal people lived in open vegetation sustained by fire is misplaced. National Library of Australia

New research turns Tasmanian Aboriginal history on its head. The results will help care for the land

History has told us Aboriginal people in Tasmania almost exclusively occupied open plains. Revelations to the contrary could transform modern conservation.
Cattle grazing would do nothing to reduce the impact of alpine fires, such as the 2013 Harrietville blaze. AAP Image/Australian Workers Union

New research shows alpine grazing does not reduce blazing

The scale and impact, both economic and ecological, of recent bushfire disasters demands a rethink of fire management strategies. A controversial approach receiving more attention internationally is the…

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