Australia’s fire chiefs anticipate the next generation of space-based fire detection and extinction tools enabled by low-earth orbit satellites may hold the key to mitigating extreme remote wildfires. Extreme bushfires, although rare (only about 3 per cent of all wildfires), are responsible for more than 80 per cent of total fire damages and contribute significantly…

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