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Of course, the question is, can technology help to get wildfires under control earlier? laura goodwin investigates. it only takes one spark to start a wildfire that can spread for miles and rage for days. with our climate changing and land becoming drier, it s providing the perfect conditions for wildfires to blaze. and even in traditionally cooler parts of the world, wildfires are becoming more unpredictable. mist and cloud are dominating the skyline today. but back in the summer, it was very different. it had been particularly dry and this piece of moorland in west calder, just outside of edinburgh, burned for three days. it took 60 firefighters and 12 appliances to eventually bring it under control. ....
It had been particularly dry, and this piece of moorland in west calderjust outside of edinburgh burned for three days. it took 60 firefighters and i2 appliances to eventually bring it under control. dr tom smith is a wildfire expert. i believe you re at the site of a summer grassland fire in scotland, which is very unusual. fires normally occur in the spring, when the heather fuels have dried out and become available to burn before they green up and contain lots of moisture. that usually stops the fires from happening in the summer in scotland. but what you ve seen is that the grasses have got so dry that they were available to burn in august. we are seeing these longer, hotter, drierspells, and that s predicted to continue through the rest of this century until we do something about carbon emissions and reduce the level of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. how important is acting early, early detection and trying to get on top of things as quickly as possible? ....
It only takes one spark to start a wildfire that can spread for miles and rage for days but with climate changing and land becoming drier, it s providing the perfect conditions for wildfires to blaze and even in traditionally cooler parts of the world, wildfires are becoming more unpredictable. clouds are dominating the skyline today but back in the summer, it was very different. it had been particularly dry and this piece of moorland in west calderjust outside of edinburgh burned for three days. it took 60 firefighters and 12 appliances to eventually bring it under control. doctor tom smith is a wildfire expert. i believe you re at the site of a summer grassland fire in scotland which is very unusual. fires normally occur in the spring, when the heather fuels have dried out and become available to burn before they green up ....
A wildfire that can spread for miles and rage for days. with our climate changing and land becoming drier, it s providing the perfect conditions for wildfires to blaze. and even in traditionally cooler parts of the world, wildfires are becoming more unpredictable. mist and cloud are dominating the skyline today but back in the summer, it was very different. it had been particularly dry, and this piece of moorland in west calderjust outside of edinburgh burned for three days. it took 60 firefighters and 12 appliances to eventually bring it under control. dr tom smith is a wildfire expert. i believe you re at the site of a summer grassland fire in scotland, which is very unusual. fires normally occur in the spring, when the heather fuels have dried out and become available to burn before they green up ....
More intense and more frequent, the risk of wildfires will increase two. the question is, can technology help to get wildfires under control earlier? laura goodwin investigates. it only takes one spark to start a wildfire that can spread for miles and raged for days but with climate changing and then becoming drier, it s providing the perfect conditions for wildfires to blaze and even in traditionally cooler parts of the world, wildfires are becoming more unpredictable. clouds are dominating the skyline today but back in the summer, it was very different. it had been particularly dry and this piece of moorland in west calderjust outside of edinburgh earned for three days. it took 60 firefighters and i2 appliances ....