The Australian bushfire season started in September 2019 in New South Wales and has since damaged 46 million acres of land. The fires range in size from small isolated flames to mega-blazes. On Jan. 11, two fires met and combined near the snowy mountains.
Just weeks after the height of the Amazon rainforest fire that spread across South America and continues to burn, Indonesia is now also undergoing a massive forest fire. The fire, ravaging the country since July has destroyed 800,000 acres of land.
The Amazon rainforest, spanning eight countries and over 2 million square miles, experienced an 80 percent increase in fires this year. Fires are devastating local species and have international implications surrounding climate change and human consumption
