'Megafire' in Australia Engulfs 1.5M Acres

Re:'Megafire' in Australia Engulfs 1.5M Acres by keanzu on Friday January 10, 2020 @02:21PM (#22014307)

Australia fires: Smoke turns New Zealand skies 'eerie' yellow

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50969488

Maybe not exactly global but the smoke made it ~2000km to New Zealand!

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Re:'Megafire' in Australia Engulfs 1.5M Acres by fernandopj on Friday January 10, 2020 @03:04PM (#22014824)

Try Brazil: smoke made it to southern states, ~7700 miles

https://www.correiodopovo.com.br/not%C3%ADcias/geral/fuma%C3...

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Re:'Megafire' in Australia Engulfs 1.5M Acres by lancewiggs on Friday January 10, 2020 @03:24PM (#22015082)

It was terrifying. The sky gradually changed colour and we, in Auckland, felt as though we were living in a post apocalyptic dystopian future.

Which, clearly, we are. What I never imagined is that people would be _paid_ to actively fight the fight against climate change.

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Re:'Megafire' in Australia Engulfs 1.5M Acres by rohfle on Friday January 10, 2020 @03:51PM (#22015407)

According to CIMSS Satellite Blog [0], the cloud of smoke from the Jan 4th flare up (the one that reached New Zealand) is still visible from space - traveling across the Pacific with some of the smoke even reaching Antarctica.

Satellite imagery of the cloud from GOES-17: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/images/2020/01/20...

[0]: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/35342

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Re:'Megafire' in Australia Engulfs 1.5M Acres by askvictor on Friday January 10, 2020 @05:31PM (#22016331)

You could clearly see the plume going twice as far (as NZ) into the Pacific on the satellite photos. Apparently it made it as far as South America. Once it gets into the upper atmosphere, the jet streams and currents take it far. That said, it probably has little impact on humans when its that high up.

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