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 ...

A policy analyst for New Mexico Voices for Children argues that lawmakers need to take action on climate to protect New ...

A new study led by Jenna Morris, a recent doctoral graduate from the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, explored the factors that influenced the consequences of forest fires on wet ...

Eucalyptus trees, laden with flammable oils, could spread into Portugal's south-central region by 2060 if changing climate ...

The fire season in Patagonia this summer will likely be one of the most severe in recent decades, and the crisis is not an ...

Across the planet, forests are no longer the relatively stable backdrops they once seemed. From the Amazon to the Arctic, species are shuffling, tree mortality is spiking and fire seasons are ...

Global warming is no longer a distant forecast but a lived reality, with recent measurements showing the planet already ...

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 ...

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 ...