Significant losses were in remote forests, far from human activities. That isolation suggests that fires are increasing primarily because of climate change, said Calum Cunningham, a fire geographer at ...

Wildfires have become a defining crisis of the modern West, obliterating forests, homes, and communities while choking skies with smoke that travels thousands of miles. You've probably heard the ...

During this summer of hazy views, unhealthy air quality and canceled outdoor events, it's hard to miss the effects of wildfire smoke. Now, some Midwest lawmakers are directing blame at what they see ...

California’s wildfire season is showing up early — in some regions by more than a month — and a new study says human-caused climate change is a major reason why. In 11 of the state’s 13 ecological ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

In the aftermath of Australia’s “Black Summer” bushfires of 2019–20, few policy questions have proved as persistent as how, exactly, to live with fire on a warming continent. Governments promise ...

In these times of climate denialism in Washington, some look for signs of reason in California. Sadly, one particular agency can’t see the forest for the trees. Cal Fire, the state’s chief fire agency ...

More than 45,000 hectares—an area almost twice the size of the city of Buenos Aires—have already been consumed by fire in Northern Patagonia this summer, with large blazes in the Neuquén, Río Negro, ...

Kerala's forests face early drying and wildfire risks due to climate change, reduced rainfall, and invasive plant species.

In 2023 and 2024, the hottest years on record, more than 78 million acres of forests burned around the world. The fires sent veils of smoke and several billion tons of carbon dioxide into the ...