Trends in Wildfire Area
Data Story
Explore the story of how the acreage burned by wildfires in the U.S. each year is changing.
Welcome to this Tuva data story! Wildfires have become a big story in the news in recent years! The US National Interagency Fire Center compiles the total number of acres burned by wildfires in the US during each year to shed light on long-term trends in wildfire. In this data story, you will look at how patterns in US wildfires are changing and why. Click Next to get started!
Topics and standards: Science, Climate Change, Earth Science, Life Science, Time Series, Claim-Evidence-Reasoning, Human Impacts, Ecosystems, Global Change, Weather & Climate, Stability & Change, Grades 9-12, Grades 6-8