Amazon Fire Season Intensifies; Shifts to Raging Forest Fires
We have documented 1,650 major fires in the Brazilian Amazon this year, and well over half (60%) have occurred in September.* We have been detecting around 62 major fires a day during September, relative to 18 in August (and 2…
Brazilian Amazon Fires Intensify in September
Although August was severe, early September saw the Brazilian Amazon fires intensify even more. September shot up to an average of 53 major fires per day across the Brazilian Amazon, up from 18 in August (and 2 in July).* In…
Amazon Fire Tracker 2020: End of August Update (Over 600 Major Fires)
August 2020 just ended its run as a severe Amazon fire month. k Our novel Real-time Amazon Fire Monitoring app has detected 646 major fires in the Brazilian Amazon thus far in 2020.* k Of these, 88% (569 major fires)…
MAAP #124: Deforestation Hotspots 2020 in the Peruvian Amazon
We have entered the peak deforestation season in the Peruvian Amazon, so it is also a critical time for real-time monitoring (MAAP’s specialty). Here, we highlight the major deforestation events documented so far in 2020 (through August 23). The Base…
MAAP #124: Deforestation Hotspots 2020 in the Peruvian Amazon.
We have entered the peak deforestation season in the Peruvian Amazon, so it is also a critical time for real-time monitoring (MAAP’s specialty). Here, we highlight the major deforestation events documented so far in 2020 (through August 23). The Base…
Amazon Fire Tracker 2020: Over 500 Illegal Major Fires in Brazilian Amazon
The Brazilian Amazon just passed a grim milestone: Over 500 illegal major fires thus far in 2020. The other major headline is that, although most fires continue to burn recently deforested areas, we are now seeing an increase in forest…
MAAP #123: Detecting Illegal Logging in the Peruvian Amazon
In the Peruvian Amazon, the widespread illegal logging is difficult to detect with satellites because it is selective for high-value species (not clearcutting). It is possible, however, to detect the associated logging roads. In this report, we present a novel…
Amazon Fire Tracker 2020: Images of the Brazilian Amazon Fires
Our innovative new app for Real-time Amazon Fire Monitoring has now detected over 350 major fires in the Brazilian Amazon this season.* Specifically, we have detected 365 major fires as of August 17, since the first major fire detected on…
Amazon Fire Tracker 2020: Over 200 Major Fires as of Aug 10
Our innovative new app for Real-time Amazon Fire Monitoring has detected over 200 major fires in 2020. The app specializes in filtering out thousands of the traditional heat-based fire alerts to prioritize only those burning large amounts of biomass (defined…
Amazon Fire Tracker 2020 – July Update
Recall we recently launched an innovative new app for Real-time Amazon Fire Monitoring (see MAAP #118 for details). In a novel approach, the app combines data from the atmosphere (aerosol emissions in smoke) and the ground (heat anomaly alerts) to…