Why Don't We Have More Drones Monitoring Wildfires?
Scan EagleU.S. Navy via wikimedia commonsA remotely piloted aircraft, seen here launched by catapult.Remote-controlled drones are much better at flying through smoke than human pilots: their infrared...
View ArticleReporters Aren't Drawing The Connection Between Climate Change And Wildfires
Bambi Bucket DropStaff Sgt. Tate Petersen, Company C, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation SupportNebraska National Guard crewmembers of Company C 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Battalion dump water...
View ArticleHow Apps Could Help Firefighters Combat Wildfires
Technology Fights FiresWikimedia CommonsApps designed to provide firefighters with realtime information could help save lives.When it comes to wildfires, the slightest change in weather can have...
View ArticleWatch A Farmer Fight Wildfire With A Tractor
Video of fZwEJQk280YA wildfire had already burned 20 to 30 acres of Colorado farmer Eric Howard's 80-acre plot Monday when he hopped into his tractor and began drawing an improvised firebreak, a gap in...
View ArticleBig Pic: See The Yosemite Wildfire From Space
Satellite Image of Rim Fire taken August 25, 2013Terra/MODISNASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, carried on its Terra satellite, captured this image of the enormous Rim Fire in...
View ArticlePredicting Wildfires Could Save Lives. So Why Are We So Bad At It?
Credit: USDA Forest Service, Coconino National Forest.A firefighter uses a flare to conduct backburn operations against the 89 Mesa Fire the night of May 6, 2010.Last year in Arizona, 19 firefighters...
View ArticleClimate Change Already Having Wide-Ranging Effects On U.S., Report Finds
Flooded VW BugDave MosherThis car with smashed windows near Avenue C in Manhattan was one of hundreds tossed around and flooded by an unprecedented storm surge.When it comes to climate change, the...
View ArticleWildfires In Northern California Threaten The Search For Alien Life
Last TransmissionThe Allen Telescope Array’s webcam sent this transmission on August 2 at 7:43 p.m., just before the Internet went out.The last transmission from the Allen Telescope Array’s webcam,...
View ArticleSatellite View Shows Wildfires Across Washington State
Washington BurningNASA Rapid Response MODISThis image, taken by equipment on NASA's Aqua satellite on the evening of August 11, 2014, shows a dozen wildfires burning across the state of Washington (as...
View ArticleClimate Change May Be To Blame For California Drought
The 2013 California Rim FireU.S. National Forest Service via Wikimedia CommonsThere is something coming between Californians and their water, and according to a brand new report from the American...
View ArticleWildfires Are Causing Plants To Migrate North
River Complex FireUSFS/FlickrCC by 2.0This wildfire in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in California started with a lightning strike on July 30, 2015. It has since consumed over 21,000...
View ArticleScientists Are Using Satellites to Monitor Everything From Glaciers to Blue...
Flowing Into The Nordenskiöld FjordESAThe Jungersen Glacier in Greenland on July 28.Measuring biodiversity on the ground takes a lot of time and a lot of money. If you've ever tried counting how many...
View ArticleA Tree That Could Stop Wildfires
Cypress TreesRoberto Bertoli/FlickrMediterranean cypress trees are resistant to wildfires.Wildfires are devastating North American forests this summer. Dry, hot weather has pushed millions of acres of...
View ArticleVideo: Mishka The Asthmatic Otter Learns To Use An Inhaler
Video of Mishka learning to use inhaler Asthmatics around the world may now count otters among their ranks. The Seattle Aquarium has found the first case of asthma in a sea otter, a 1-year-old named...
View ArticleHow Science Is Fighting Wilder Wildfires Than Ever Before
Stuart Palley/CorbisAt 6 a.m. on August 19, Julia Ruthford walks onto a makeshift stage in a tent city that’s sprung up in Chelan Falls Park, three hours east of Seattle. A hundred and fifty...
View ArticleToxic Smoke Chokes Indonesia
Firefighters try to contain one of many fires that have broken out in farming regions across IndonesiaAmirin via Wikimedia CommonsFor months, fires have been raging throughout much of Indonesia. They...
View ArticleThese Drones Start Fires And Drop Bombs--For Good
Unmanned Aerial System for Fire FightingScreenshot by author, from University of Nebraska-LincolnIn fire-starting use, those ping-pong-like balls will contain flammable material, which will spark when...
View ArticleThis Year's El Niño Could Lead To More Fires In Tropical Forests
Hayden/FlickrCC by 2.0DeforestationCharred stumps from deforestation in Indonesia in 2007.In case you missed it, El Niño is coming. And while the current outlook in the United States is pretty mild,...
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