ScienceWhy are B.C. firefighters still using wildfire data from the 1990s?
Prolonged drought in B.C.’s Southern Interior has fueled explosive wildfires that current modelling software struggles to predict. The models partly rely on data collected at least 30 years ago, when extreme fire behaviour linked to prolonged drought and climate change was less common.
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Why are B.C. firefighters still using wildfire data from the 1990s?