Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wildfires began ravaging southwestern France in mid-July following record heat waves. Satellite images show heavy smoke, and ...

A new artificial intelligence system developed by West Virginia University engineers could help firefighters respond to wildfires sooner by enabling satellites to detect blazes and automatically ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Five structures were lost to the Babylon Fire in southeastern Utah as of Wednesday, July 8, the United States Forest Service (USFS ...

The wildfires afflicting communities across the world can now be tracked more easily by anyone using Europe’s free and open satellite imagery service—all thanks to a wildfire visualization script ...

Wildfires across the globe can be seen all the way from space. And one unexpected tool has come in handy to spot plumes of wildfire smoke: a satellite designed to study Earth's oceans. In this photo, ...

Satellites can collect environmental information about fire weather and fuel (e.g., grasses, brush, timber) condition (e.g., live versus dead biomass, soil and biomass moisture content). These ...

OroraTech’s thermal intelligence will help officials prioritize incidents and make faster, more informed decisions AFC is now using the world’s only satellite constellation dedicated to wildfire ...

El Niño is fueling a dangerous cascade of wildfires across the tropics, with the Amazon rainforest now experiencing ...

As much of the western United States enters peak wildfire season, the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance is providing more space-based technology to emergency managers with the launch this month of its ...

As the weather starts to warm in Australia, people are beginning to look ahead to the wildfire season. The national Seasonal Bushfire Outlook, released in August by the Australasian Fire and Emergency ...

The Aspen Fire Protection District, in partnership with the Aspen Wildfire Foundation, has announced that OroraTech satellite wildfire detection is now fully operational throughout the Aspen Fire ...