The Climate Crisis: The Marshall Fire is the Perfect Example
A Climate Emergency that is Personal is a Climate Crisis! In 2003, my family evacuated our home in one of the first megafires of the 21st century. They did it again in 2007. This time my childhood friends lost their homes. In 2020, we evacuated again pre-empting an evacuation mandate for the Bobcat Fire that […]
Fires on Earth – What You Need to Know
Dr. Natasha Stavros gave a talk at the American Museum of Natural History for the 2021 Climate Week in New York City. She worked with data visualization expert Carter Emmart and together they tell a visually compelling story for a general audience of fire on Earth, the physics behind it, and the context of those […]
Megafires Today: Couldn’t we just rake?
I received this email in my inbox about megafires and management… Hi Dr. Stavros, I read the transcript of your talk on wildfires. I am curious: does a lack of tree pruning and underbrush clearing (controlled burning) contribute to the likeliness of wildfires? I know that wildfires happen almost everywhere that there is forest, but […]
The Wicked Wildfire Problem and Solution Space
Dr. Stavros gave a plenary talk on the wicked wildfire problem and solution space to frame the context for the Keck Institute of Space Science workshop on Detecting and Tracking the Fires that Matter. What is needed, what is possible, how do we build it? In this talk, Dr. Stavros provides an overview of what […]
NASA Podcast: Fueled by Fire
Founder Natasha Stavros discusses the role of fire in the Earth System. She discusses the science of how fire behaves, its impacts and drivers. Dr. Stavros discusses what it means to her personally as an Aries, born and raised in Southern California, a landscape prime for regular wildfire and a hot bed for many of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.