In Machines We Trust: Decoding a future of fire
MIT Technology Review Narrated
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Is Space Technology Helping Our Nation's Wildfire Problem?
George White-Sines: We could be doing dramatically more with space technology to help our nation's wildfire problem. Monitoring vegetation is important because drought can kill trees and dry out dead material on the forest floor, leading to a kindling effect when a fire sweeps through. These conditions have been made worse by fire suppression policies dating back 100 years,. He says we know how to do this, whether it's private industry or government.
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