Beneath every wildfire model there is a set of assumptions, ideally based on a theory of how fire ignites and spreads. The model, however, is only as good as the theory that drives it and the data ...

The behavior of massive wildland fires is incredibly complex, but as the western U.S. experiences these events with increasing frequency, the need to better understand those systems has become crucial ...

On September 5, 2020, California's Creek Fire grew so severe that it began producing its own weather system. The fire's extreme heat produced an explosive thunderhead that spewed lightning strikes and ...

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Florida have been awarded a total of nearly $1.2 million by the National Science Foundation's Fire Science Innovations program to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jane Housley, a Brigham Young University graduate, is pictured. Housley's research could help make a widely used wildfire modeling ...

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A developing pyrocumulonimbus cloud above Oregon's Gulch Fire, part of the Beaver Complex Fire, in 2014. On September 5, 2020, California’s Creek Fire grew so severe that it began producing it’s own ...

PROVO — Wind has already played a big role in Utah's wildfire season, combining with heat and low relative humidity to send the flames of the Forsyth Fire toward Pine Valley in Washington County, ...