Climate change increased from the possibility of recently 35 % of the Southern California fires, according to a new study published by World WeatherTive, an international group of climate scientists and other experts.
The study comes when Los Angeles residents begin to rebuild their lives in the wake of the catastrophic fires that erupted earlier this month. Fires arose due to the conditions close to the idealism: the previous two years were unusually moisturizing, which strengthened the growth of the vegetable cover adapted to the wild. This year, climate change in the region dealt with two heavy strikes: an annual rainy rainy season and the intense winds of Santa Anna that pulled fire and spreading embers on a large scale.
These extremist weather conditions will be more common, according to the study, adding a new urgency to a growing group of startups in climate adaptation that hopes to outperform the effect of forest fires.
Harsh weather conditions may now occur once every 17 years. “Compared to the cold climate of 1.3 ° C, this is an increase in the possibility of about 35 %,” The authors of the study wrote. “This trend is not written,” they added, saying that the frequency of the years exposed to the fire has increased rapidly in recent years.
Southern California is not strange on fire. Its ecological systems have evolved to deal with-until they are thrived-under the low-density normal forest fires. But over a century of fire suppression, the natural system disrupted, and in its absence, people built deeper into the ecosystems adapted by the fire.
Today, these areas are known as the urban landsfront, or Wui, and the density of housing there is the image. Since the scene was carved in smaller parcels, the removal of excess vegetation often falls on individual homeowners, who may not realize that they are responsible for the task.
Elsewhere, it is often better to provide a prescribed burning, as land managers start low -density fires during weather conditions that make low -density fire easy to contain and guidance. The process helps to balance the ecosystem and prevent a dry brush from construction. But even in places where the described combustion is possible, it is still difficult to present, which requires well -being and trained coach.
Startups to the void. The Planet Company has developed a platform that helps facilities and land managers analyze a set of data to determine the location of fire risk in the forests. After that, it helps them work with a group of stakeholders, including landowners, conservative organizations and original groups, to develop plans to mitigate risk.
Once the plans are in place, other startups enter to do dirty work. One company, KodamaModernization equipment, forest equipment for remote operation, allowing forests to reduce lower costs, which reduces fuel load that can lead to catastrophic forest fires.
last, BurnbotHe has developed a distance machine that works a specific burning in the relative safety of its metal shroud. There, propane flares burn the plants while they are picked up under the machine. Fans on the machine maintains air flow to the burning room, raising the fire temperature to reduce smoke and disease. At the back of the machine, the rollers and water standards are extinguished any fire or the Jamarat that remain on the ground.
But even with the management of the vegetable cover and the prescribed burning, the climate and ecosystems in southern California will not be completely free of fires. To increase the risk of catastrophic fires, another list of emerging companies discover forest fires shortly after igniting them so that the crews can respond quickly.
hereFor example, artificial intelligence is used to assemble a group of data sources, including cameras, satellite images, field sensors, and emergency alerts, to automatically detect new fires. Google is also in the game, where she worked with MUON Space to launch Firesat, which can depict forest fires from orbit every 20 minutes.
Early forest fires and containment must be escaped, such as other startups such as Fredome It develops tools to protect homes and companies. The Israeli -based start -up company has established a system to defend fire with the help of artificial intelligence that launches projectiles with fire inhibitors. Automated system can put a periphery of the inhibitory before the fire reaches a property or, if the embers are already flying, it can target hot points to extinguish the fire before it turns into a fire.
Land owners and managers will have to get more intelligent about how to reduce their risks. There is unlikely a single solution, but rather a mixture of advanced technology and ancient land management.
