NASA Studies How Arctic Fires Change the World

Released Tuesday, August 13, 2019

ID: 13281

- Produced by:
- Katie Jepson
- Written by:
- Maria-Jose Vinas Garcia

Music: Stepping Stone Bridge by Timothy Michael Hammond [PRS], Wayne Roberts [PRS]

Watching Ladybirds by Benjamin James Parsons [PRS]

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Complete transcript available.

Wildfires in the Arctic often burn far away from population centers, but their impacts are felt around the globe. From field and laboratory work to airborne campaigns and satellites, NASA is studying how climate change is contributing to more frequent and powerful boreal forest and tundra fires and what that means for climate forecasting, ecosystems and human health.

To learn more about ABoVE, visit:

https://above.nasa.gov

For More Information

See nasa.gov/fire

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Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Producers
- Katie Jepson (USRA)
- Samson K. Reiny (Wyle Information Systems)
Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Videographers
- Harrison Bach (Intern)
- Liz Wilk (USRA)
- Jefferson Beck (USRA)
- John Caldwell (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
- Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
- Kathryn Mersmann (USRA)
Writer
- Maria-Jose Vinas Garcia (Telophase)
Visualizer
- Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC)
Scientist
- Elizabeth Hoy (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
Narration
- Katie Jepson (USRA)