Wildland fire is an important source of carbon and other pollutants to the atmosphere. Accurate datasets to spatially quantify carbon and trace gas emissions from fire are needed. Dr. Nancy French, of ...

NASA researchers conducted initial validation of a new airspace management system designed to enable crews to use aircraft to ...

During wildfire and prescribed fire operations firefighters face communication challenges such as network coverage and data portability. As a result, incident command decisions and wildfire ...

When Mikaela Balkind trained to become a wildland firefighter, she knew she was signing up for a physically- and mentally-demanding job — and in a male-dominated industry.

NASA researchers conducted initial validation of a new airspace management system designed to enable crews to use aircraft to fight and monitor wildland fires 24 hours a day, even during ...

Ontario saw more than 470 fires and nearly 90,000 hectares burned – compared to the 10-year average of 694 fires and 201,780 ...

While Mikaela Balkind was working on her degree at the University of Washington in 2018, she was looking for a way to bridge her two interests in natural resource management and climate science.

NASA/Brandon Torres-Navarrete One of the barriers for continued monitoring, suppression, and logistics support in wildland fire situations is a lack of tools for managing airspace and air traffic that ...

While Mikaela Balkind was working on her degree at the University of Washington in 2018, she was looking for a way to bridge her two interests in natural resource management and climate science.

WASHINGTON, March 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will conduct a live flight test of aircraft performing simulated wildland fire response operations using a newly developed airspace management ...