German reinsurers took a $1.9 billion profit hit from LA wildfires in first quarter
An aerial view of homes destroyed in the Palisades Fire on January 27, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Germany’s biggest...
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A Google-backed weapon to battle wildfires made it into orbit | TechCrunch
The first satellite of the Google-backed FireSat constellation successfully made it to orbit over the weekend, kicking off what promises to be a new era...
Google and Muon Space launch a new satellite to battle wildfires | TechCrunch
The first satellite of the Google-backed FireSat constellation successfully made it to orbit over the weekend, kicking off what promises to be a new era...
Mast Reforestation hatched a plan to restore wildfire-ravaged forests. Investors took notice. | TechCrunch
Rebuilding after a wildfire isn’t cheap. The recent Los Angeles wildfires, for example, incurred up to $164 billion in property and capital losses. But restoring...
Climate change ignited LA’s wildfire risk. These startups want to extinguish it | TechCrunch
Climate change increased the likelihood of the recent Southern California wildfires by 35%, according to a new study published by World Weather Attribution, a decade-old...
Watch Duty, a Wildfire-Tracking App, Provides a Lifeline in Los Angeles
Paulette Lifton woke up on her 67th birthday on Tuesday morning in a panic to smoke pluming in the distance of her home in the...
A drone punched a hole into an LA firefighting plane | TechCrunch
Don’t fly your drone into an active wildfire. Although capturing video of the devastation can be tempting, it could stop firefighters from doing their job....