Giant balloons floating above Colorado’s wildfires could help to predict future blazes [Video]

This is an editorial from KCR *** three and my 50 eight’s president and general manager Ariel Roblin. The 2024 wildfire season started early and has been relentless. More than 768,000 acres have burned so far in California, which is more than 29 times the number of acres that burned last year and far ahead of the five year average in our area. The park fire has threatened thousands of homes and already destroyed more than 480 structures. This week, the fire grew to be one of the top five biggest in state history. It now covers an area three times the size of Lake Tahoe. Research undeniably shows that temperatures are getting hotter, causing vegetation to dry out faster and providing massive amounts of fuel when fires ignite. Another statistic from CAL fire caught our attention. 95% of the wildfires are caused by humans. This means that the more …