A California company recently began demonstrating a system that allows firefighters to direct autonomous drones to combat wildfires. While departments already use observation drones, deploying them to...
  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 days ago

    I feel like I read a few years back that aggressive suppression of wildfires leads to more and bigger fires.

    The fuel piles up and eventually something sets it off, then there’s no stopping it.

    • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      16 days ago

      Yes, it’s been well known, especially in California. Other places around the world are only learning this now apparently due to climate change.