4 recommendations for smarter firefighting as megafires menace the US
- Written by: Natasha Stavros, Director of the Earth Lab Analytics Hub, University of Colorado Boulder
Satellites can quickly detect and monitor wildfires from space, like this 2017 fire that encroached on Ventura, California.NASA Earth Observatory/Joshua StevensRecord-breaking fires over the past decade suggest the western U.S. has entered a new era of megafires.
Fire itself is not the problem – it has been characteristic of the North...
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