TUES: How satellite technology is being used in France to fight forest fires

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With climate change and the consequent increase in the frequency and intensity of heat waves, summers are now characterised by forest fires. In recent years, to track, trace and ultimately control forest fires, the French space agency CNES is assisting firefighters by offering them help from space. According to Helene de Boissezon of the French space agency CNES, forest fires have been analyzed using satellite images for more than two decades."That's because satellites can provide very good imag