Burned area in diamonds

Monitoring wildfires from space is crucial for understanding their impact on climate, including the release of greenhouse gases and aerosols that influence Earth’s system.

This Little Picture uses satellite data to illustrate the pattern of burned area across Europe. Countries are arranged in rows and each column represents a year. Each diamond represents each country's burned area.

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