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Published online 19 November 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021118-2
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Satellites to spot wildfire fallout
Infrared sensors gauge atmospheric pollutants from forest fires.
Satellites could soon monitor how much carbon dioxide, soot and other greenhouse gases and pollutants wildfires belch into the atmosphere1.
Currently, the only way to gauge the environmental impact of a forest fire such as those raging in Australia and Indonesia is to visit it.
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