Satellites can already spot a new fire within minutes, but the information they beam back to Earth isn’t getting to everyone who needs it or used as well as it could be.
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Recent wildfire seasons have been worsened by climate change. But wildfires also lead to additional climate warming when they release carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
A fire scientist offers a six-point strategy for preventing wildfires and living safely in flammable landscapes.
Wildfires aren’t always wild. Many of the most expensive and damaging fires happen in suburban areas, and nearly all blazes in these zones are started by humans.
Debating whether climate change or forest management has caused the devastating wildfires in California, Washington and Oregon is a false choice.
During California’s deadliest wildfire season, 2,000 prison inmates fought the flames on USD$1 a day.
Emergency responders and military personnel need to think creatively – even imaginatively – to save lives under pressure. Analyzing the Grenfell Tower Fire in London reveals useful lessons.
A researcher based in Fairbanks, Alaska, links 2019’s record-breaking wildfires in far northern regions of the world to climate change, and describes what it’s like as zones near her city burn.
As unlikely as it may sound, a new approach for fighting the destruction of wildfires in Canada’s boreal region may lie in wetlands packed with soaking layers of peat and topped with living moss.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor of Geography and Director, Earth Lab, University of Colorado Boulder
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Director of the Earth Lab Analytics Hub, University of Colorado Boulder
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Cooperative Extension Forester and Natural Resources Advisor, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Research fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Cooperative Extension Forester and Natural Resources Advisor, University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Michael Bird is a Friend of The Conversation.
JCU Distinguished Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, James Cook University
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Research Fellow, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, James Cook University
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Professor, University of Wollongong
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Research Scientist of Forest Ecology, University of Washington
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business Management, Queen Mary University of London
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Assistant Professor of History, University of Oregon
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Professor of History, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Fellow, Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Research assistant professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks
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Murramarang and Walbunga Elder, Indigenous Knowledge
