Topic: Fire
Fleets of smart robotic planes spot wildfires
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Satellites orbiting Earth are using infrared sensors to detect hot spots on our planet’s surface.
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Satellites spy “selective logging” in Amazon
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Researchers with NASA and the U.S. Forest Service are collaborating to make aircraft without pilots that can monitor wildfires …
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Rob Wright is a researcher at the University of Hawaii. He uses satellites to measure the heat that’s released when volcanoes erupt.
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