Wildfire detection: Drones paired with ground-based sensors
The twin technologies of unmanned aerial vehicles and wireless sensors could be the ideal combination to counter forest fires.
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The twin technologies of unmanned aerial vehicles and wireless sensors could be the ideal combination to counter forest fires.
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Catastrophic wildfires in Europe have become a far too common headline and this year has been no exception as the world once again bore witness to parts of the continent burning. While southern Europe is no stranger to the ...
Oct 28, 2021
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As climate change leads to larger and more frequent wildfires, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using sensors, drones and machine learning to both prevent fires and reduce their ...
Aug 15, 2022
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Wildfires may seem unpredictable, leaving random ruin in their wake.
Nov 1, 2022
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A tree killed in a climate-driven drought snaps and severs a power line. A transformer sparks. A downed live wire ignites a pile of dry leaves. Many of the country's most damaging wildfires, including California's deadly ...
Aug 7, 2023
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One of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s primary missions is the development and use of standards to be used throughout society for the betterment of the public and improved quality of life. More ...
Mar 9, 2022
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Since 2000, an average of 72,000 wildfires per year have cleared seven million acres of land in the United States. 2015 was the largest wildfire year in recorded American history, with more than 10 million acres of land burned ...
Jan 28, 2020
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Typically, the primary indicator of a burgeoning wildfire in California is a plume of hazy, gray smoke wafting through the air, seen by satellites or cameras. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or ...
Aug 28, 2023
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A new method can help avoid public safety power shut-offs during fire-prone climate conditions.
Apr 4, 2024
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Power outages from severe weather have doubled over the past two decades across the U.S., as a warming climate stirs more destructive storms that cripple broad segments of the nation's aging electrical grid, according to ...
Apr 6, 2022
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