Gizmodo:

This was the year the world burned. Literally. The year kicked off with Tasmania on fire. People set the Amazon aflame this summer. California burst into a fiery hellscape. The Arctic didn’t even catch a break. Now, Australia’s out-of-control bushfires are killing koalas and flying foxes while leaving Sydney under a toxic haze.

To truly understand the scope of our world on fire, you have to see it from satellite. And the EU’s Copernicus Program has done that, offering a visualization where viewers can see the flames dance across the planet. There are hot spots popping up in Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia, all of which never seem to get a break throughout 2019.

I didn’t even know about the massive fires throughout much of Africa.