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 ...

A new study shows that careful forest thinning in the cascade mountains can reduce wildfire risk and help more snow reach the ground.

Forest managers in the eastern Cascades selectively thin forests to promote wildfire resilience. New research from the University of Washington shows that the same process can also increase seasonal ...

The number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy – ideal to spark extreme wildfires – has nearly tripled in the ...

In an update to the joint UNESCO-WRI-IUCN report “World Heritage forests: carbon sinks under pressure”, new data reveals that fires have accounted for approximately 75% of tree cover loss in World ...

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 ...

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 ...

First, the dominant American ideal of wilderness – as wildlands that flourish best in the absence of human management – conflicts with the growing understanding that many wilderness areas were and ...

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 ...