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👉 Apply here: lnkd.in/dAANHrmR

The EUBURN-SILEX campaign has just ended after a dozen flights over 🇫🇷 fires and 🇨🇦 plumes transported over the 🇫🇷 country. A comprehensive database was acquired using a set of innovative ✈️ in-situ and remote sensing instruments. Next phase is the postprocessing of the database acquired.
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We got an exceedingly rare view of #pyrocumulus as they were forming above the fire. Scientists are studying the composition and physical properties of smoke to better understand its meteorological and climate impacts.

Picture taken over Southern France on July 26, 2025 from the research aircraft during the SILEX field campaign.
Researchers outfitted the aircraft with instruments to measure fire intensity and spread, meteorological conditions, and smoke plume properties.
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#EUBURN had the opportunity to make detailed measurements of these long range transported 🇨🇦 smoke plumes from 17 to 19 july. We are studying how canadian wildfires 🔥 affect weather, climate and air quality across Europe. Plumes well observed 👀 from the research aircraft.

This week, the #EUBURN mission flew ✈️ directly above #wildfires 🔥 and through their atmospheric #smoke plumes 🌬 in southern France, getting rare observations at their characteristics. Here's what the wildfire near Martigues, northwest of Marseille, looks like from the research aircraft.
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This week, we completed our test flights with one around the Pic du Midi in preparation for the SILEX airborne campaign led by #CNRM @meteofrance.com @cnrs.fr. Now we are ready to start chasing #wildfires and their #smoke plumes in southern Europe, beginning next Tuesday.
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This #wildfire in Aude, France, send thick #smoke into the sky this sunday. Well visible from the beach.

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💪💪💪 Big week of integration of more than 30 unique instruments into the @meteofrance.com ATR42 aircraft operated by Safire for various wildfire and smoke science investigations.
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After months of preparation at #CNRM, our instruments are ready to be installed on the @meteofrance.com ATR42 research aircraft ✈️ operated by Safire for the characterization of european #wildfires 🔥 and their atmospheric emissions 🌫
#EUBURN

More than 80 #firefighters mobilized today on #wildfires in charente maritime, France. Meteosat Third Generation #MTG
allowed to detect and monitor active fires and the smoke transport.

#Wilfdire #smoke knows no boundary. Long range atmospheric transport of canadian wildfire emissions across the northern hemisphere.

www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

Heavy #smoke from intense #wildfires in Canada has reached northern France, as detected by #Aeronet remote sensing #aerosol monitoring network.

The fascinating resilience of nature 🔥

Notre proposition #EUBURN pour la surveillance, l'anticipation et la gestion des risques associés aux feux de forêt en Europe est sélectionnée 🥳 Merci à @interreg.eu @agencerecherche.bsky.social @cnrs-insu.bsky.social @cnes.fr #France2030 @meteofrance.com
pour la confiance qu'ils nous accordent.

In France, #wildfires destroyed over 18600 hectares from the start of the year, compared to a 2006-2024 average of 6800 hectares for the same period, according to #EFFIS. While the exact origin of these fires is often difficult to determine, #drought and strong winds cause the spreading quickly.

UK wildfires push records in first four months of 2025 according to #GWIS. It already released around 525 KT of CO2 in the atmosphere as derived from #CAMS global fire assimilation system.

The new #EFFIS #Copernicus report is published. Wildfires burned around 148000 ha of protected areas in the EU in 2024, including areas that are part of Natura 2000, the network of protected areas covering Europe’s most valuable and threatened species and habitats. 

op.europa.eu/en/publicati...