Globally Burned Each Year (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Globally Burned Each Year

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The global area of land burned each year declined by 24 percent between 1998 and 2015, according to analysis of satellite data by NASA scientists and their colleagues. The largest decline was seen across savannas in Africa, and due to changing livelihoods.

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Credits: Joshua Stevens/NASA's Earth Observatory

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