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We’ve reached a point where managing wildfires requires more than just a quick response but a deeper look at the landscape itself. A forest healthy to the naked eye might actually be a tinderbox of dry, stressed vegetation when seen through a satellite’s lens. Modern Earth observation is moving us away from a purely reactive…

Wildfire brokerage RockRose Risk raises $12.5 million to become the underwriter, roofer and more | Insurance Business

When a team of aerospace engineering students from The University of Texas at Austin set out to build an unmanned aircraft to detect and extinguish wildfires, they weren’t just working toward a final grade. Their project would grow beyond the class, an international competition, and even the aircraft itself.