Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
Since mid-May, NOAA satellites have been closely monitoring heat signatures and thick plumes of smoke (some stretching thousands of miles) from wildfires burning across Canada.
Driven by heat, drought, and dry conditions, more than 160 fires kicked off the country’s wildfire season, primarily in Manitoba, Ontario, and Saskatchewan. More blazes soon erupted in other provinces, including British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The escalating situation forced thousands to evacuate, prompted states of emergency in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and has been impacting air quality in the United States as the smoke drifts southward.
Learn more about this event and how NOAA satellites have been monitoring the blazes:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/noaa-satellites-monitor-canadian-wildfires-and-smoke
Credits:
NOAA
NASA
The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)
Music:
“Flow and Grow” by Joe Hearson [PRS]; Flexitracks; Universal Production Music
Since mid-May, NOAA satellites have been closely monitoring heat signatures and thick plumes of smoke (some stretching thousands of miles) from wildfires burning across Canada.
Driven by heat, drought, and dry conditions, more than 160 fires kicked off the country’s wildfire season, primarily in Manitoba, Ontario, and Saskatchewan. More blazes soon erupted in other provinces, including British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The escalating situation forced thousands to evacuate, prompted states of emergency in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and has been impacting air quality in the United States as the smoke drifts southward.
Learn more about this event and how NOAA satellites have been monitoring the blazes:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/noaa-satellites-monitor-canadian-wildfires-and-smoke
Credits:
NOAA
NASA
The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)
Music:
“Flow and Grow” by Joe Hearson [PRS]; Flexitracks; Universal Production Music
