In 2023 and 2024, the hottest years on record, more than 78 million acres of forests burned around the globe. The fires sent ...

Wildfires are the top environmental issue for most Californians, who are also concerned about rising costs associated with ...

Loretta Mickley first started thinking about smoke in the summer of 2002. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...

Two new studies say data center firms face growing threats from climate change-driven natural disasters and need to start ...

Those factors quietly primed the landscape for fire, Bonakdari said. It took just a spark for the fires to take off quickly. “The key link to climate change is this: these kinds of subtle but ...

An academic paper presented at the Brookings Institute's annual conference found that future wildfire risks are already ...

While smoke is bad for everyone, children, older adults, pregnant people, people with heart and lung disease, and people who can’t avoid exposures, such as outdoor workers and people living outside, ...

As federal funding for disaster preparedness and relief is slashed and risks escalate, DIY disaster preparation matters more ...

As researchers and directors of regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey since 2011, we have seen firsthand the work these programs do to protect the ...

Wildfires have scorched hotspots in several Mediterranean countries this month, with blazes forcing thousands of people into ...