Scientists didn’t expect wildf...
Scientists didn’t expect wildfires this terrible for another 30 years
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California inmates fight fires for pennies. Now they have a path to turn pro.
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In the US West Scorched by Wildfires, We Can Barely Breathe. It’s Going to Get Worse.
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A California plan for wildfires that actually matches the scale of the problem
read moreHow Europe Turned Into a Perfe...
TIVISSA, Spain — Forests are getting some high-profile attention lately.
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A new study raises concerns about the decline of platypus populations. UNSW Science
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Respecting scientists has never been a priority for the Trump Administration. Now, a new investigation from The Guardian revealed that Department of the Interior political appointees sought to play up carbon emissions from California’s wildfires while hiding emissions from fossil fuels as a way to encourage more logging in the national forests controlled by the Interior department.
read moreEarth’s Hottest Decade o...
As global warming intensified, people and ecosystems felt the climate changing, from the hurricane-ravaged coasts to the fast-warming Arctic.
read moreHow much can one person do to ...
Helping to limit global warming can seem like a daunting task for one person. But, as with all massive undertakings, breaking it down into smaller steps can make it seem more manageable.
read moreTimebomb’: Fires devastate tig...
Another heavy fire season in Indonesia has taken a toll on the country’s remaining forest. In Sembilang National Park, on the island of Sumatra, fires raged into primary forest that provides vital habitat for critically endangered Sumatran tigers and elephants.
read moreWildfires Are Making Californi...
A new study examines the human health costs of the fires.
read moreWhat western states can learn ...
For several months in 2019, it seemed wildfires wouldn’t rage across the West as they had in recent years. But then came the dry autumn and California’s Santa Ana and Diablo winds, which can drive the spread of wildfires
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SAN FRANCISCO — Facing down 600 wildfires in the past three days alone, emergency workers rushed to evacuate tens of thousands of people in Southern California on Thursday as a state utility said one of its major transmission lines broke near the source of the out-of-control Kincade blaze in Northern California.
read moreHere’s why California is...
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has cut the power on millions of Californians. It is a pre-emptive move to cut the company’s liabilities for potential wildfires. The announcement and subsequent handling of this forced blackout has been chaotic.
read moreElizabeth Warren’s new climate...
A number of Democratic candidates for president have released ambitious environmental plans that make the environmental platforms of yore look like yesterday’s lunch.
read moreWhat Are Californians Supposed...
PG&E is turning off the power to protect against another fire. It’s created a new kind of disaster.
read moreWant to know what climate chan...
Adrienne Titus was heading back to her parents’ village on a sweltering afternoon in early July when she saw the dead salmon.
read moreWhy California is fighting fir...
What if the answer to California’s wildfire woes is more fire?
read moreParts of California are too wi...
California is facing yet another real estate-related crisis, but we’re not talking about its sky-high home prices. According to newly released data, it’s simply become too risky to insure houses in big swaths of the wildfire-prone state.
read moreSiberian Wildfires Prompt Russ...
Temperatures that have been soaring with climate change combined with lightning and winds to burn vast areas of forest and send smoke hundreds of miles into cities.
read moreAlaska’s Hess Creek Fire...
The Hess Creek Fire has been burning since June 21 in the middle of the state near Livengood, about 80 miles north of the city of Fairbanks.
read moreAlaska Chokes on Wildfires as ...
Fires are spreading farther north, burning more intensely and starting earlier, in line with what scientists have warned would happen with climate change.
read moreStudy: Home Wildfire Resistanc...
A recent side-by-side comparison at the IBHS Research Center shows how builders can construct more fire-resistant homes.
read moreWhen dam burst, here’s how one...
Flooding is a perennial danger for people living along Great Plains watersheds. But this spring the challenge has been epic in scale, calling forth individual resilience and the bonds of community.
read moreThe Vulnerability of Californi...
A new study suggests flooding could surpass some of the state’s worst natural disasters.
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