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Environment and energy

Bursts of embers play outsized role in wildfire spread, say physicists

31 Oct 2024 Isabelle Dumé
Photo of a small bonfire at night in a forest clearing with flames rising skywards. A camera on a tripod and other equipment are silhouetted against the flames, and aluminium baking trays can be seen scattered around the forest floor near the fire.
Fire watchers: To study the physics of firebrands – embers generated by wildfires – UC Irvine researchers set up an experiment at the UC Berkeley Blodgett Forest Research Station in California’s Sierra Nevada range. (Courtesy: Alec Petersen / UC Irvine)
New field experiments carried out by physicists in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains suggest th

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Isabelle Dumé is a contributing editor to Physics World
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