Tasmania's logged forests burn significantly more severely in a bushfire than old growth, University of Tasmania scientists have found in a study that provides the strongest evidence yet on a question ...

Prescribed burning, when combined with tree retention, can effectively support natural regeneration in managed boreal forests, new research shows. The study demonstrates that post-fire seedling ...

Every year, government workers around Australia start fires in the bush. The idea behind these prescribed burning programs is that removing dry leaves and branches reduces the chance of bigger, more ...

California’s forests are disappearing faster than they can recover, and researchers say the trend is accelerating. A new study from the University of California, Davis examined wildfire impacts from ...

Tropical forest loss declined significantly last year, falling 36% after reaching a record level in 2024. Still, the world ...

Elevation, temperature, burn severity, vegetation type, and the amount of incoming solar radiation are among the drivers explaining when snowpack disappears after a wildfire. Wildfires had the biggest ...

I attended the University of Montana as an undergraduate back in the 1970s. I had many professors who I felt were exceptional. The common denominator in the teachings of all my professors was to look ...

Brazil's anti-deforestation policies drove a 36% drop in tropical forest loss, report finds; Agricultural expansion remains ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We leave you this Sunday with signs of new life within burned-out areas of Lincoln National Forest near Ruidoso, New Mexico.