Our world on fire, 2024

The European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) has recorded global wildfires throughout 2024, highlighting areas of significant activity

TOTAL WILDFIRE RADIATIVE POWER, JAN-NOV 2024
(watts per square metre, Wm -2)

1-5 5-10 10-50 50-100 >100

ARCTIC
CIRCLE

TROPIC
OF CANCER

EQUATOR

TROPIC OF
CAPRICORN

Intense wildfires
struck Amazon,
Canada and U.S.
due to severe
drought conditions

Eastern
Eurasia, including within
Arctic Circle, also
experienced above average
fire emissions

Map
created by
overlaying 11
monthly fire maps,
see: bit.ly/4gFrqGn

Source: Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service
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