EPISODE · Dec 4, 2018 · 7 MIN
How Supercomputers Can Help Fix Our Wildfire Problem
from Science, Spoken · host SpokenLayer
Fire is chaos. Fire doesn’t care what it destroys or who it kills—it spreads without mercy, leaving total destruction in its wake, as California’s Camp and Woolsey fires proved so dramatically this month. But fire is to a large degree predictable. It follows certain rules and prefers certain fuels and follows certain wind patterns. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Fire is chaos. Fire doesn’t care what it destroys or who it kills—it spreads without mercy, leaving total destruction in its wake, as California’s Camp and Woolsey fires proved so dramatically this month. But fire is to a large degree predictable. It follows certain rules and prefers certain fuels and follows certain wind patterns.
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How Supercomputers Can Help Fix Our Wildfire Problem
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