Tracking Wildfires from Space
October 9, 2025
As the climate warms, wildfires are becoming more severe and unpredictable. Shifts in wind, weather, and fuel conditions can cause fires to change direction or
Tag: wildfires
Australian Wildfires Depleted the Ozone Layer in a Variety of Ways, According to New Article
November 28, 2022
A UMD alum and professor co-authored a paper about the reduction in the thickness of Earth’s protective ozone layer that followed the Australian wildfires.
Measuring Atmospheric CO2 Enhancements From Wildfires Using a Lidar
November 11, 2021
ESSC/CISESS Scientist Jianping Mao is first author on a new paper in Geophysical Research Letters titled “Measuring Atmospheric CO2 Enhancements From the 2017 British Columbia Wildfires Using a Lidar”.
Lau, Li, Tao Find Link Between Western Wildfires and Global Warming
October 22, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljE6iZr_kjY For the last few years, life on the West Coast of the United States has been marked by wildfires. Most recently, August lightning storms
Smoke from West Coast Wildfires Clouds DC Skies, Gassó Consulted
September 28, 2020
Last week, ESSIC Associate Research Scientist Santiago Gassó was quoted in several news outlets on the unusual high levels of West coast smoke over the Washington area on September 14 and 15.
Climate Change Worsening US Wildfires, Finds ESSIC Scientists
September 8, 2020
A paper co-authored by ESSIC Research Scientist William Lau, Professor Zhanqing Li, scientist Weichen Tao, and AOSC Graduate Student Lei Zhang was recently published in Geophysical Research Letters.
