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Climate change is driving more frequent and intense wildfires. Companies and researchers are using AI to both detect wildfires early, and to help prevent megafires.

Environment

4 ways AI can help with climate change, from detecting methane to preventing fires

5:01am January 02, 2024

by Julia Simon

Many companies, researchers and governments are using artificial intelligence as a tool to help with climate solutions. Here are four ways AI is now used to combat global warming.

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National

To Control Wildfires, Western Officials Are Urged To Follow South's Lead

5:45pm May 27, 2019

by Grant Blankenship

The South is the nation's leader in setting small wildfires on purpose, to prevent massive ones like those out West. One big reason is that so much land in the South is privately owned, not public.

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National Park Service wildland firefighters set a prescribed fire in Manassas National Battlefield Park's Brawner Farm area to help the area look more like Civil War soldiers would have seen it.

National

Controlled Burn Held At Manassas Battlefield Park To Restore Civil War Landscape

10:40pm April 20, 2018

Smoke rose above planned maneuvers to defeat overgrown vegetation, preserving the wartime feel of the park where thousands of soldiers fought in 1862.