Former aerospace exec George Whitesides told a TED Talks audience that better satellites will be a tool that can help deal with mega\u002Dfires.
“We’ve been talking with different companies and entities who are thinking about ways to improve that radically … by a factor of 100, or more,” Whitesides said.
And Whitesides said higher-resolution satellites, coupled with remote sensors on drones, can help managers decide which fires pose a danger and need to be fought and which are beneficial enough to let burn. And Flannigan added that drones, which can make aerial observations at much higher resolution, are being used more often to generate information that complements satellite images. Managers frequently fly drones at night to measure fire temperatures and map perimeters more accurately.
He pointed to Canada’s huge expanse of Northern boreal forest, which is a globally important carbon sink.
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