Climate change and land mismanagement are creating increasingly fire-prone built and natural environments. However, despite worsening fire seasons, evidence is lacking globally for trends in socially ...

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Nature Communications - The authors show that extreme fire years in global forests align with rare fire weather extremes. Climate change has made such extremes 88-152% more probable. These findings...

Climate change is expanding the list of areas at risk for the worst wildfires.

Wildfire burned area was 367 Mha in 2024, ranked 17th since 2001. An estimated 1,965 Tg C was released from these fires, 41% of which came from the Americas, far exceeding their usual 25% contribution...

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Smarter ways to assess fires will bring better methods of preventing damage.

Fierce winds and months of drought set the conditions for the catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles, but the growth of housing in fire-prone areas also played a major role.

A former wildland firefighter explains why fires don't have to become disasters.

The frequency and severity of fire weather has increased in recent decades and is projected to escalate with each added increment of warming Fire weather is one of the major controls on fire acti...

The chemicals emitted when buildings and vehicles burn can find their way into nearby homes. Studies show the health risks can stick around.

While the rest of Malibu evacuates, the college hunkers down.

The Palisades and Eaton Fires in Los Angeles show the dangers of living in what’s known as the wildland-urban interface.

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