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 ...

After devastating wildfires, South Korea is restoring forests in ways that protect biodiversity, reduce future fire risk and ...

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 ...

California manages 85,000 acres of state land like an extractive agribusiness. A new law would bring it into the 21st century ...

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 ...

Escalating wildfires, wind damage and insect outbreaks could threaten tourism, water supplies and biodiversity, a new study ...

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, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...