MEGAFEUX LE NOUVEL AGE DU FEU

The term "megafire" recounts a new phenomenon, unique by both its size and behaviour, unprecedented in its consequences. To understand the mechanism, researchers are studying the fires that devastated Australia, California, Sweden and the Mediterranean basin, simulating their development under laboratory conditions. Investigation.

Directed by: Sarah Carpentier, Stéphane Huonnic (France, 2022)