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Wildfire in a Changing Climate (2D) — Fuel-Moisture Spread Model

Interactive 2D wildfire risk simulator: a top-down grid view of the same fuel-moisture-driven fire-spread model as the 3D version, with a wind control added — compare a historical and a current climate scenario and see how dead-fuel moisture and wind decide whether a spark stalls or races across the forest.

Ecology & Conservation Biology2DIntermediate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

This 2D companion runs the same fuel-moisture-driven cellular fire-spread model as the 3D version, viewed from directly above on a grid, with an added wind control that biases spread toward the downwind side. Switch between the historical and current climate baselines, ignite the same central spark, and compare how far it travels once the only thing that changed is dead-fuel moisture — plus, now, how much a stiff wind can push even a moist forest's fire further.

⚙ Under the hood

A grid-based cellular-automaton fire spread model driven by dead-fuel moisture (flammability = ((M_ext − moisture)/M_ext)²) and a wind bias term, with a historical vs. current climate scenario toggle and a same-spark comparison table.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install