These new fire forecasting tools will not only help with firefighting efforts and safer evacuations but also help planners design more wildfire-resistant communities
Scientists agree our warming climate is leading to bigger, more destructive wildfires. They are working on tools to predict how and where those fires will spread.BOULDER, Colo. — When the Marshall fire swept through Boulder County, no one could have predicted its path of destruction, but researchers are working to develop tools that can.
They replicated how the intense winds there whipped up a brushfire and drove flames into populated areas. For years, scientists have been working on improving predictions of wildfires that burn through forests and grasslands, but they have, only recently, tackled the challenge of predicting how a fire spreads into and through communities.
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