NPR Market Place: Active wildfires are fast-moving disasters, and the fallout can be terrible, too
Founder Natasha Stavros discusses the relevance of NASA observations from the FIREX-AQ campaign. The mission collects data on fire emissions that are damaging to human health and have uncertain, variable effects on climate depending on what burns and how it burns. Active wildfires are fast-moving disasters, and the fallout can be terrible, too Which is […]
Sacramento Bee: ‘Just like Paradise.’ Why California isn’t safer a year after the Camp Fire
Founder Natasha Stavros discusses the effect of snow and rain on the California Fire Season. Reposted from Sacramento Bee. ‘Just like Paradise.’ Why California isn’t safer a year after the Camp Fire By Dale Kasler and Ryan Sabalow Updated June 20, 2021 10:21 AM Chainsaws were humming and backhoes were beeping. Wood frames were […]
Inside Science: Simultaneous Blazes, Like California’s Camp and Woolsey Fires, Have Become the New Normal
Founder Natasha Stavros talks with Inside Science about human causes for ignition in the wildland urban interface. Under human-caused global warming from climate change, we will see longer, hotter, drier fire seasons. As people continue to expand development into wildlands, we will see more devastating fires occurring at the same time. Reposted from Inside Science: […]
NYTimes: Australia’s Fire Season Ends, and Researchers Look to the Next One
Founder Dr. Stavros discusses innovation technologies for fire management. Australia’s Fire Season Ends, and Researchers Look to the Next One With its otherworldly conditions, Australia has become a testing ground for fire-prediction technology. By Helen Sullivan April 21, 2020 Reposted from NYTimes. SYDNEY, Australia — On March 2, for the first time in 240 days, not […]
LA Times Op Ed: Global Warming and More Fire in the American West
Human caused global warming has changed western US climate creating hotter, drier, longer fire seasons that will lead to more megafires. Dr. Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) and Founder Natasha Stavros (@DrFireScience) get real about the mental strain of sounding the alarm as few listen and the urgency to step up and take action.
TEDX: Eye-Opening use of Science to Inform Making Decisions under Uncertainty
The word ‘uncertainty’ means different things for all decision makers. It also evokes strong emotions. So how do we make decisions when there is uncertainty?
Washington Post: The Dangerous Era of Megafire
In this 6-min short by the Washington Post, interviewing Founder Natasha Stavros, learn how the west became ripe for destructive blazes from megafires – fires known for their destructive impacts on people and ecosystems.