Southern Wildfire Outlook: Elevated Fire Risk Expected Through Winter Despite Recent Rainfall

The National Interagency Fire Center issued its outlook for the Southern Area of the United States, in which regional fire forecasters warned of above-normal wildfire danger across much of the South from November through February, driven by abnormally high grass loads and fuel accumulation from Hurricane Helene damage.

Southern Wildfire Outlook: Elevated Fire Risk Expected Through Winter Despite Recent Rainfall

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Wildfires and threats in the sights - Microfocussing system set to transform infrared detectors

Researchers at the Australian National University and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta‑Optical Systems have published a new study in the Journal of Electronic Materials about a highly sensitive method for detecting hotspots in the environment, such as bushfires or military threats, by harnessing the focusing power of meta-optical systems.

Wildfires and threats in the sights - Microfocussing system set to transform infrared detectors

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New tool helps wildfire survivors through the rebuilding process

A tech founder has developed Bevel, a software tool which harnesses AI to assist Southern California homeowners dealing not just with the loss of their property and possessions in the January wildfires, but in need of the all-important inventory of lost possession required in the insurance claims that follow the disaster.

New tool helps wildfire survivors through the rebuilding process

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How Zone Zero, designed to protect California homes from wildfire, became plagued with controversy and delays

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Max Moritz, Adjunct Professor at UC Santa Barbara's Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, joined the debate on the state's Zone Zero requirements to keep vegetation away from homes and reduce their wildfire danger.

How Zone Zero, designed to protect California homes from wildfire, became plagued with controversy and delays

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‘Bad idea’: LAFD crews told to abandon smoldering blaze that reignited as Palisades Fire, LAT reports

A new report in the Los Angeles Times indicates that Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters were ordered to stop mopping up embers smoldering underground left behind by the 8-acre Lachman Fire on January 2nd, embers which were rekindled by Santa Ana winds on January 7th into the deadly Palisades Fire.

‘Bad idea’: LAFD crews told to abandon smoldering blaze that reignited as Palisades Fire, LAT reports

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Global tree cover loss due to fires surged by 370% compared to 2023

The "2025 state of the climate report: A planet on the brink" indicated that the total global tree cover loss in 2024 was estimated at 29.6 million hectares, making it the second highest on record and 4.7% higher than in 2023, with the sharp increase largely attributed to a surge in wildfire-related losses.

Global tree cover loss due to fires surged by 370% compared to 2023

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NASA’s wildfire lead joins Earth, Fire Alliance

The Earth Fire Alliance, a global nonprofit coalition intent on delivering transformative data and insights from wildfires burning across the globe, has hired NASA’s Wildland Fire Program Manager to be its first Lead Scientist.

NASA’s wildfire lead joins Earth, Fire Alliance

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