https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/tuom-hcc071421.php

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Tracking future forest fires with AI

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH (TUM)

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Forest fires are already a global threat. “But considering how climate change is progressing, we are probably only at the beginning of a future that will see more and bigger forest fires,” explains Rupert Seidl, Professor of Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management in Mountain Landscapes at TUM.

In many places, fire is part of the natural environment, and many tree species have become naturally adapted to recurrent fires. These adaptations range from particularly thick bark, which protects the sensitive cambium in the trunk from the fire, to the cones of certain types of pine…