How satellites and AI help fight wildfires today
- Written by John W. Daily, Research Professor in Thermo Fluid Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
The wind and terrain can quickly change how a fire, like this one near Los Angeles in January 2025, behaves.AP Photo/Marcio Jose SanchezAs wind-driven wildfires spread through the Los Angeles area in January 2025, fire-spotting technology and computer models were helping firefighters understand the rapidly changing environment they were facing.
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