Canada’s worst fire season on record visualized using NASA’s GEOS-FP model and FIRMS fire data. Just unfathomable. - 18.5 million hectares of forest scorched - 5% of Canada's forest area burned - Approx. 200,000 people evacuated - A total of over 6,500 fires

4k version uploaded here.

That's what boreal and tundra forests do.

@prometheusgreen The scary and sad part of Australian fires is how many lives are lost.

@SophiaKianni Absolutely unfathomable! The scale of Canada's worst fire season is deeply distressing. • Environmental impact: 18.5 million hectares scorched and 5% of Canada's forests burned. • Human impact: Approximately 200,000 people evacuated due to the fires.

Of course, the US had a much below average fire year. More significantly wrt global warming, global fire area has been decreasing:

Created by the amazing @Peterincan!

The tragic implications of #Canada's worst fire season on record will be felt for years to come. The fires have caused immense loss and suffering, and the country is still grappling with the aftermath of the disaster. Sadly,this is just a glimpse of the future we create.

Biome change in progress. Some of those forests will never recover.

And it’s still going. Over 30 aircraft still fighting hard in Northern Alberta right now. Wild.

if I am to ignore the existential horror of this for a moment, the world is so beautiful without those pesky country lines. We should see the world like this, for what it is, more often