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This year's wild fire season is 
off to a blazing start. 

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Already in the US this year,

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more than 29,000 fires have 
burned 2.6 million acres

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and we're only in the 
middle of July.

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Record breaking temperatures

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and years of drought have
left California ablaze.

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The Amazon is as dry as
it's been in 14 years

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and smoke from wildfires in the
Amazon can drift to
southern Brazil,

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changing air quality and 
potentially impacting the 
Rio Olympics. 

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At NASA we're using satellites,

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air craft and ground 
measurements to track wildfires

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and follow hot and dry 
conditions that lead to 
larger wildfires.

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To learn more, follow us at 
nasa.gov/fires

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or #EarthRightNow.

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I'm Doug Morton, a scientist at 
NASA's Goddard Space 
Flight Center

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and we're on it.