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I'm a telecommunications expert — here's how I think IoT can help prevent wildfires and save our forests
I founded Dryad Networks, an IoT company developing gas sensors with built-in AI to detect wildfire…
Erin Greenawald
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India among top 3 countries in forest area gains between 2010-2020: FAO report
India gained 2,66,000 hectares of forest area annually from 2010 to 2020, securing the third spot a…
PTI
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World's largest forest ecosystem turns net-emitter from carbon sink due to extreme wildfires
The vast boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere stretch from Scandinavia through Siberia, Alaska…
PTI
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I broke away from my traditional Amish community. Here's what grabbed me most in the modern world — and what I miss.
Daniel Beiler grew up in an Old Order Amish community. After leaving he embraced cars, planes, and …
Mia Jankowicz
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Inside the world of California's fire-reducing goats, a quirky but popular weapon against California's wildfire epidemic
A herd of goats stand in their pen before grazing on drought-stressed land as part of city wildfire…
James Pasley
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Don't call the extreme heat, flooding, and wildfires 'the new normal'
The way the media and politicians frame extreme weather is key because most people don't connect di…
Catherine Boudreau
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Heat waves are dominating summer, killing thousands, and fueling wildfires. The world needs to prepare for more.
Europe is suffering its third heat wave this summer, and it's not alone. The new norm is simultaneo…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Canadian wildfires are sending smoke billowing and plunging air quality — across the US this week
Weather alerts are in effect across the US, with some cities such as Chicago and Detroit reporting …
Chris Panella
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How to make a DIY air cleaner that can filter wildfire smoke indoors
Wildfires in Canada have sent plumes of smoke into North American cities, including New York.
Amber Middleton
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Timelapse EarthCam video shows wildfire smoke engulfing New York City skyline
Canadian wildfires continued to send smoke south Wednesday, enveloping large parts of the east coas…
Julie Zeveloff
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Tourists are fleeing a Greek vacation hub on foot as raging wildfires add to an already dangerous heatwave
Thousands of tourists and residents have been evacuated from a popular Greek Island due to devastat…
Katie Hawkinson
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On Maui, a perfect storm of climate, colonialism, and failed emergency systems made the deadliest US wildfire in over a century
Maui has faced a high risk of dangerous fires for years, but the perfect storm of unlucky weather a…
Maiya Focht,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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Mama's Fish House, Maui's famous waterfront restaurant that usually books out months in advance, is taking walk-ins after the wildfires and exodus of tourists
Now might be a good time to visit Maui as the island struggles after the fires, but locals urge vis…
Kelsey Vlamis,Lloyd Lee
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The Maui wildfires are now the deadliest in modern US history. Researchers say AI can help prevent future fires from getting out of control.
Engineers have built a platform that uses AI to analyze hundreds of video feeds across California a…
Katie Hawkinson
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Satellite photos show California wildfires closing in on a world-famous grove of giant sequoia trees
Images released by NASA on Friday show the KNP complex fire burning around Sequoia National Park, h…
Kelly McLaughlin
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General Sherman, the world's largest tree, is in the path of raging California wildfires, prompting a desperate effort to save it
The KNP Complex fire is closing in on the Giant Forest sequoia grove in Sequoia National Park, Cali…
Marianne Guenot
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Thousands told to evacuate homes in California as wildfire engulfs forests bordering Yosemite National Park
The fierce Oak Fire in Mariposa, California, started in the Sierra National Forest and threatens 2,…
Bethany Dawson
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Gen Z doesn't want kids. The world is too messed up.
Gen Z is open to marriage, yet leaning against having children as they question what world their ki…
Julia Pugachevsky,Jordan Park…
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Extreme heat is straining Texas's power grid and fueling Yosemite fires. It's forecast to last 2 more weeks.
Yosemite's giant sequoias and Texas's power grid are both under threat as a persistent heat wave mo…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Extreme weather is sweeping the world, with devastating floods and wildfires on 3 continents at once
Oregon, Siberia, and western Canada are fighting huge fires, while parts of China and western Europ…