{"id":96388,"date":"2026-08-12T05:11:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T06:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verificat.cat\/?p=96388"},"modified":"2026-08-12T05:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T06:17:47","slug":"africa-central-no-quema-zoom-distorsiona-mapa-incendios-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verificat.cat\/es\/africa-central-no-quema-zoom-distorsiona-mapa-incendios-nasa\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1frica central no quema sin control: el zoom distorsiona un mapa de incendios de la NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verificat.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/focs-2-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Captura del v\u00eddeo descontextualizado sobre los incendios en el \u00c1frica central.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" 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.kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column96388_78a565-80{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column96388_78a565-80 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column96388_78a565-80 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column96388_78a565-80\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 sabemos?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Que se trata de un efecto \u00f3ptico fruto de mirar de lejos un mapa peque\u00f1o con decenas de miles de datos. Nada prueba que el \u00c1frica central sufra incendios especialmente virulentos. La gran cantidad de fuegos son en realidad una pr\u00e1ctica agr\u00edcola y ganadera tradicional.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nos hab\u00e9is preguntado a trav\u00e9s de nuestra cuenta de Instagram por un v\u00eddeo visto casi un mill\u00f3n de veces que muestra un mapa con todos los incendios activos en \u00c1frica central que, aparentemente, ocupan casi todo el territorio. La publicaci\u00f3n califica la situaci\u00f3n de \u00abpreocupante\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En realidad, \u00c1frica central no sufre, de forma general, d\u00edas especialmente complejos en cuanto a los incendios, seg\u00fan reflejan los datos satelitales recopilados por Global Nature Watch. La aparente superposici\u00f3n de incendios que muestra el v\u00eddeo viral es un efecto \u00f3ptico fruto de mirar de muy lejos un mapa real compilado por el <a href=\"https:\/\/firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov\/map\/#d:24hrs;@49.0,-6.5,3.8z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sistema de Informaci\u00f3n de Incendios y Gesti\u00f3n de Recursos<\/a> (FIRMS, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) de la NASA. Si se ampl\u00eda, los fuegos se separan. Adem\u00e1s, muchos de los puntos calientes detectados corresponden a pr\u00e1cticas agr\u00edcolas y ganaderas locales de quema controlada de vegetaci\u00f3n, muy comunes en estos meses en la zona.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verificat.cat\/nosaltres\/metodologia-com-funciona-verificat\/#:~:text=Etiquetes%20de%20qualificaci%C3%B3\"><strong>\u00a1Te lo explicamos!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote blue is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00abPreocupante lo de \u00c1frica central [imagen con la regi\u00f3n llena de incendios]\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El n\u00famero de incendios detectados por sat\u00e9lite en lo que va de a\u00f1o es normal, bajo o inusualmente bajo en los <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/central-Africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">siete pa\u00edses que conforman \u00c1frica central<\/a> comparado con la media registrada desde 2012, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnaturewatch.org\/dashboards\/global\/?category=fires&amp;map=eyJjYW5Cb3VuZCI6dHJ1ZX0%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">seg\u00fan datos de Global Nature Watch<\/a>, una aplicaci\u00f3n web montada por instituciones acad\u00e9micas y tecnol\u00f3gicas que monitoriza los incendios globalmente a partir de datos satelitales. La situaci\u00f3n es id\u00e9ntica a otros pa\u00edses vecinos que no forman parte de la regi\u00f3n geogr\u00e1fica, como Angola, Zambia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar o Malaui, pero que tambi\u00e9n parecen llenos de incendios en el mapa de la NASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00c1frica es el continente en el que los incendios queman m\u00e1s superficie<\/strong>, si bien en la \u00faltima d\u00e9cada la tendencia es a la baja, tal y como encontr\u00f3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.aal4108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">una investigaci\u00f3n de la revista <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.aal4108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a> <\/em>en 2017. La temporada 2025-2026, de hecho, marc\u00f3 un nuevo m\u00ednimo hist\u00f3rico desde que empezaron las medidas satelitales a inicios de siglo (a pesar de que el n\u00famero de fuegos creci\u00f3), de acuerdo con <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7033898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">una investigaci\u00f3n preliminar de diversas universidades africanas<\/a>. Tambi\u00e9n los datos de Copernicus, el sistema de observaci\u00f3n terrestre europeo, han detectado un <a href=\"https:\/\/atmosphere.copernicus.eu\/lowest-global-biomass-burning-emissions-record-during-first-half-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">m\u00ednimo de emisiones relacionadas con la quema de biomasa<\/a> en \u00c1frica durante la primera mitad de 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No hemos encontrado en la prensa ninguna referencia a una situaci\u00f3n especialmente virulenta de los fuegos en la regi\u00f3n centroafricana. En cambio, en el norte del continente, Argelia, T\u00fanez y Marruecos s\u00ed se enfrentaron a grandes incendios forestales a finales de julio, en el marco de una ola de calor, seg\u00fan reportaron <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/wildfires-hound-tunisia-algeria-and-morocco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><em>Francia 24<\/em><\/a> i <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sustainability\/europe-north-africa-canada-wildfires-2026-07-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><em>Reuters<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Una cuesti\u00f3n de zoom y resoluci\u00f3n<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La situaci\u00f3n aparentemente alarmante que muestra el v\u00eddeo es un efecto \u00f3ptico que se deriva de la misma visualizaci\u00f3n de datos. \u201cIndependientemente de lo grande o peque\u00f1o que sea un fuego, debemos hacer el tama\u00f1o del p\u00edxel lo suficientemente grande como para que aparezca en el mapa\u201d, explicaba en 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthdata.nasa.gov\/news\/feature-articles\/big-small-fire-africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">en la web de la NASA<\/a> Diane Davies, directora del servicio que publica el mapa viralizado. \u201cEl resultado es que cuando hay numerosos fuegos en \u00c1frica y los ves desde un mapa en el que has hecho <em>zoom out<\/em>, puede parecer que toda la regi\u00f3n est\u00e1 incendiada, pero si la ampl\u00edas lo suficiente, puedes ver los p\u00edxeles individuales de cada incendio\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A este factor cabe sumar la resoluci\u00f3n de los sistemas de detecci\u00f3n empleados por la NASA. El mapa de FIRMS emplea b\u00e1sicamente dos, que van montados en sat\u00e9lites espaciales: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthdata.nasa.gov\/news\/blog\/from-modis-viirs-continuing-legacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">el MODIS y el VIIRS<\/a>. Ambos aparatos identifican radiaci\u00f3n infrarroja proveniente de la Tierra y ubican as\u00ed puntos calientes en los que hay un fuego activo (o un volc\u00e1n en erupci\u00f3n).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El primero, m\u00e1s antiguo, tiene una resoluci\u00f3n de un kil\u00f3metro cuadrado y el segundo, de 375 metros cuadrados. No pueden diferenciar lo que sucede dentro de estas \u00e1reas, que para ellos representan un p\u00edxel. Si existe un fuego peque\u00f1o, de 50 metros cuadrados, por ejemplo, pintar\u00e1n todo el p\u00edxel de rojo (un kil\u00f3metro cuadrado o 375 metros cuadrados, seg\u00fan el instrumento). Y si los l\u00edmites de un fuego tocan a los p\u00edxeles vecinos, los sensores pueden pintarlos todos y exagerar la realidad.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La resoluci\u00f3n tambi\u00e9n puede influir a la inversa, haciendo que los fuegos m\u00e1s peque\u00f1os no se detecten y pasen desapercibidos, tal y como encontr\u00f3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2011160118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">una investigaci\u00f3n de 2016<\/a>, que alertaba que la superficie anual quemada en \u00c1frica era mucho mayor a la reportada por los sat\u00e9lites de la NASA. En consecuencia, los datos satelitarios de FIRMS no son herramientas que permitan caracterizar bien peque\u00f1os fuegos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Un sistema de quema ganadera tradicional<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pese a que el n\u00famero de fuegos es este a\u00f1o inusualmente bajo, los sat\u00e9lites de la NASA han detectado casi 50.000 en la <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnaturewatch.org\/dashboards\/country\/COD\/?dashboardPrompts=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%3D%3D&amp;lang=en&amp;location=WyJjb3VudHJ5IiwiQ09EIl0%3D&amp;map=eyJjZW50ZXIiOnsibGF0Ijo2NC43NzQxMjUzMTI5MjM0NSwibG5nIjoxMDcuMDUwNzgxMjUwMDEwMDN9LCJjYW5Cb3VuZCI6dHJ1ZSwiZGF0YXNldHMiOlt7ImRhdGFzZXQiOiJwb2xpdGljYWwtYm91bmRhcmllcyIsImxheWVycyI6WyJkaXNwdXRlZC1wb2xpdGljYWwtYm91bmRhcmllcyIsInBvbGl0aWNhbC1ib3VuZGFyaWVzIl0sImJvdW5kYXJ5Ijp0cnVlLCJvcGFjaXR5IjoxLCJ2aXNpYmlsaXR5Ijp0cnVlfSx7ImRhdGFzZXQiOiJ0cmVlLWNvdmVyLWxvc3MiLCJsYXllcnMiOlsidHJlZS1jb3Zlci1sb3NzIl0sIm9wYWNpdHkiOjEsInZpc2liaWxpdHkiOnRydWUsInBhcmFtcyI6eyJ0aHJlc2giOjMwLCJ2aXNpYmlsaXR5Ijp0cnVlfX1dfQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Rep\u00fablica Democr\u00e1tica del Congo<\/a> y unos 45.000 en <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnaturewatch.org\/dashboards\/country\/AGO\/?dashboardPrompts=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%3D%3D&amp;lang=en&amp;map=eyJjZW50ZXIiOnsibGF0Ijo2NC43NzQxMjUzMTI5MjM0NSwibG5nIjoxMDcuMDUwNzgxMjUwMDEwMDN9LCJjYW5Cb3VuZCI6dHJ1ZSwiZGF0YXNldHMiOlt7ImRhdGFzZXQiOiJwb2xpdGljYWwtYm91bmRhcmllcyIsImxheWVycyI6WyJkaXNwdXRlZC1wb2xpdGljYWwtYm91bmRhcmllcyIsInBvbGl0aWNhbC1ib3VuZGFyaWVzIl0sImJvdW5kYXJ5Ijp0cnVlLCJvcGFjaXR5IjoxLCJ2aXNpYmlsaXR5Ijp0cnVlfSx7ImRhdGFzZXQiOiJ0cmVlLWNvdmVyLWxvc3MiLCJsYXllcnMiOlsidHJlZS1jb3Zlci1sb3NzIl0sIm9wYWNpdHkiOjEsInZpc2liaWxpdHkiOnRydWUsInBhcmFtcyI6eyJ0aHJlc2giOjMwLCJ2aXNpYmlsaXR5Ijp0cnVlfX1dfQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Angola<\/a> desde principios de mayo, seg\u00fan los datos de Global Nature Watch. El escenario, con mayor o menor virulencia, <a href=\"https:\/\/sasscal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/SASSCAL-Burnt-area-20230823.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">se repite cada a\u00f1o<\/a> en la temporada seca de los pa\u00edses centroafricanos, que abarca los meses entre mayo y octubre, aproximadamente.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En este per\u00edodo, las cremas de vegetaci\u00f3n son comunes en la regi\u00f3n, especialmente en las zonas de sabana, donde agricultores, pastores y comunidades de cazadores-recolectores queman parte del terreno por <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/earth\/earth-observatory\/fires-in-central-and-southern-africa-10019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">cultivar<\/a>, estimular el <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/j.1365-2028.2007.00831.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">crecimiento de hierba nueva<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Ramona_Butz\/publication\/274960978_Traditional_fire_management_historical_fire_regimes_and_land_use_change_in_pastoral_East_Africa\/links\/5a4c1b9faca2729b7c895112\/Traditional-fire-management-historical-fire-regimes-and-land-use-change-in-pastoral-East-Africa.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">controlar la proliferaci\u00f3n de par\u00e1sitos<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fao.org\/4\/ad653e\/ad653e23.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">atraer presas<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El fuego <a href=\"https:\/\/www.annualreviews.org\/content\/journals\/10.1146\/annurev.ecolsys.28.1.517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">forma parte de la ecolog\u00eda de las sabanas<\/a>, donde algunos estudios cient\u00edficos apuntan que incluso puede <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/ele.12921?__cf_chl_tk=SC04zMrloTRbLdbQxMTCWvUkMKy2maH5Zkg8H5vYzVI-1786437218-1.0.1.1-sRi9F8CPeA2eABG6Vp4tFGr.2CmSDheXHQZ3TCbv_d4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">fomentar la biodiversidad<\/a> y ser un proceso <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/j.1365-2699.2005.01448.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">casi neutro en carbono<\/a> (si no se transforman los terrenos en campos agrarios): las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero las reabsorbe casi por completo la nueva vegetaci\u00f3n, que crece en una sola temporada. Sin embargo, el proceso, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.aal4108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">en retroceso<\/a>, no est\u00e1 libre de riesgos: los fuegos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthdata.nasa.gov\/news\/feature-articles\/big-small-fire-africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">pueden degradar la tierra<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/egusphere.copernicus.org\/preprints\/2026\/egusphere-2026-1231\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">emiten part\u00edculas contaminantes<\/a> que afectan a la salud de las personas que viven en la regi\u00f3n, y se pueden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/thousands-of-fires-africa-continue-burn-bright\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">descontrolar y convertirse en grandes incendios<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Verificaci\u00f3n elaborada por Marc Masip, Marco Nurra y Ona Sindreu Cladera<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La regi\u00f3n tiene miles de peque\u00f1os fuegos activos, que ilustran una estrategia agraria y ganadera tradicional en retroceso<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":96393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[111,268,265],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-verificaciones","category-canvi-climatic-verificaciones","category-ciencia-verificaciones","with-featured-image"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":111,"label":"Verificaciones"},{"value":268,"label":"Cambio Clim\u00e1tico"},{"value":265,"label":"Ciencia"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/www.verificat.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/focs-2-1.jpg",750,446,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Marc","author_link":"https:\/\/www.verificat.cat\/es\/author\/marc\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":111,"name":"Verificaciones","slug":"verificaciones","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":111,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1464,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":111,"category_count":1464,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Verificaciones","category_nicename":"verificaciones","category_parent":0},{"term_id":268,"name":"Cambio Clim\u00e1tico","slug":"canvi-climatic-verificaciones","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":268,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":111,"count":108,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":268,"category_count":108,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Cambio Clim\u00e1tico","category_nicename":"canvi-climatic-verificaciones","category_parent":111},{"term_id":265,"name":"Ciencia","slug":"ciencia-verificaciones","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":265,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":111,"count":307,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":265,"category_count":307,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Ciencia","category_nicename":"ciencia-verificaciones","category_parent":111}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verificat.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verificat.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verificat.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verificat.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verificat.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96388"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.verificat.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96411,"href":"https:\/\/www.verificat.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96388\/revisions\/96411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verificat.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verificat.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verificat.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verificat.cat\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}