There are five main causes to forest fires that should be acknowledged. These five causes include the following:

Forest fires are one of the signs that the agents of deforestation are at work, and they are becoming worse from year to year.

It's estimated that forest fires in Germany cause millions of euro in damage every year. However, preventive measures and fire extinction cost several times this sum.

MIT researchers and colleagues are working to find out whether energy from trees can power a network of sensors to prevent spreading forest fires.

MIT researchers and colleagues are working to find out whether energy from trees can power a network of sensors to prevent spreading forest fires.

No the problem with forest fires is that people try to build in the naturally forested area. If it weren't for buildings in the paths of forest fires who would really care if or how much they burned?

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers and colleagues are working to find out whether energy from trees can power a network of sensors to prevent spreading forest fires.

Preventing Forest Fires in a Changing Environment in Ticino, Southern Switzerland: a Social and Environmental Approach...

MIT senior Christopher Love and colleagues are working to find out whether energy from trees can be used to prevent forest fires.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--MIT researchers and colleagues are working to find out whether energy from trees can power a network of sensors to prevent spreading forest fires.