The world is burning, and it can be clearly seen from NASA's Fire Information Resource Management System image.
This is the real-time map published with the entire planisphere where the red dots show the places where there are high temperatures and fires are taking place.
The map shows that in addition to Greece where the island of Evia continues to burn and Italy where the emergency fires affect the south in particular, a large part of North and South America and the central area have been affected and Southern Africa, in particular Zambia, Angola, Malawi and Madagascar.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the smoke layer is so thick that many areas have been completely blacked out. The Arabian Peninsula, the Mediterranean coast and northeastern Europe are also on fire, while in Asia the coasts of India, Siberia, China, Malaysia and Indonesia are on fire.
As for Africa, although it is not possible to determine from the satellite how a fire broke out, NASA writes, the spread, location and time of year suggest that the fires were malicious and set for agricultural purposes. farmers in these areas have used fire for thousands of years to clear old crops from their fields and prepare them for new ones, to burn bush, to renew grassland or savannah.
Although fire is an efficient and economical way to manage land, especially in the African savanna where the ecosystem depends on periodic fires for its health, fires are sources of danger, such as smoke, release of greenhouse gases and destruction of ecosystems.
In Central Africa, NASA concludes, the fire season typically begins in May and reaches its peak in August.
(BalkanWeb)
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