Copernicus Sentinel-2 captured wildfires burning in northern Portugal on July 30, 2025.
Wildfires Blaze in Portugal
Since early August 2016, hundreds of fires have been raging in Portugal and Spain. More than 4,000 firefighters and 30 aircraft battled blazes on mainland Portugal, but heat and strong winds hampered the firefighting efforts.
Wildfire Smoke Hangs Over Atlantic Ocean
Smoke from fires in Georgia and Florida streamed eastward over the Atlantic Ocean on June 15, 2011. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image the same day.
Wildfire Season off to Ferocious Start
Record-breaking temperatures and powerful Santa Ana winds fueled at least nine fires in southern California and northwestern Mexico between May 14“16, 2014. Cal Fire estimated that by the morning of May 16, more than 19,000 acres (7,700 hectares) had burned, and news reports said that more than 100,000 people were forced to evacuate at various stages of the fires.
Wildfire Preparedness: UP42 and OroraTech Facilitate Geospatial Data Access with On-Demand Sensor Tasking
Berlin/Munich – UP42, a geospatial developer platform and marketplace, and OroraTech, the leader in space-based thermal intelligence, have signed a partnership agreement to grant easy and fast access to global high-resolution thermal-infrared imagery. OroraTech...
Wild Weather Turns Hudson River Red
In the wake of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, sediment choked the Hudson River in New York City in early September 2011. The river's unusual brown or reddish hue was likely driven by runoff occurring upstate.
Wild Horses Are Watched By Flying Drone
Prague, June 30, 2015 — Using the latest techniques in these days continues a scientific programme of wild horses return project coordinated by European Wildlife organisation. Yesterday the experts were going to start monitoring a rare steppe locality in central...
WiBotic Introduces PowerPad Pro, Significantly Enhancing UAV Capabilities for Energy and Utility, Construction, Defense and Agriculture Applications
owerPad Pro – a UAV-agnostic autonomous charging platform with integrated wireless data offload & transfer capabilities – provides a reliable and cost-effective solution for permanently deployed UAVs SEATTLE – Today WiBotic – a Seattle company that...
WiBotic Introduces New Lineup of Chargers and Transmitters for Drones and Autonomous Mobile Robots
WiBotic, a Seattle company that specializes in advanced charging and power optimization solutions for the rapidly expanding ecosystem of aerial, mobile, marine, space and industrial robots, today introduced several new cutting-edge chargers and transmitters for...
Why Have Colorado Wildfires Become So Destructive?
In recent decades, more Coloradans have moved into the wildland-urban interface, a wildfire-prone zone where wilderness and civilization meet.
