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These drones drop burning balls in the forest to control wildfires
Drones can be used for more than capturing images and videos of wildfires. The Dragon Bravo Fire continues to burn on the ...
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Study: Prescribed burning substantially reduces wildfire severity, smoke emissions
Prescribed burns are widely recognized as an effective wildfire mitigation tool. Now, using satellite imagery, land ...
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With reforms in place, California’s Karuk Tribe works to reestablish cultural burning as 'common practice'
For millennia, Indigenous peoples have intentionally set fires to care for the land. Colonization and fire exclusion largely ...
The Cool Down15h
Researchers make key breakthrough in fight against overlooked threat from wildfires: 'You can consider hypothetical scenarios'
A research team from Harvard has built a new tool called SMRT-Flames to help communities figure out where wildfire smoke ...
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Prescribed burning, a return to traditional Indigenous practices
Before European settlers arrived in Western Montana, the Salish people traditionally managed the forest through prescribed burns, helping promote a healthy ecosystem.