A scientific voice at the heart of summer issues
As summer temperatures reach critical levels in Occitanie, forest fires are back in the news. Researcher at Cerfacs and recognized specialist in environmental modeling, MĂ©lanie Rochoux regularly appears in the media to decrypt fire dynamics.
Interviewed in particular by AFP journalists and quoted in reports in La DĂ©pĂȘche, France 3 Occitanie, MĂ©diapart and Sud Ouest, she sounds the alarm: fires are getting earlier in the season, more intense, and can affect areas historically spared.
“Alone, firefighters may not be able to cope. We need a collective response“
This is one of the strong messages she sends out, underlining the need for a prevention strategy far more ambitious than emergency response alone, to deal with the growing threat of megafires.
AFP press releases relayed by MĂ©diapart and Sud Ouest:
Article France3 Occitanie
Article La DĂ©pĂȘche
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