Mike Lewelling, National Park Service. Author countries: Canada, U.S. Funding: Funding for this work was provided by Natural Resource Canada’s Canadian Forest Service Wildfire Risk Management Program ...
Forest fires are on the rise globally. An increase in severe fire weather is largely responsible. By Rebecca Dzombak In 2023 and 2024, the hottest years on record, more than 78 million acres of ...
A major new study reveals that carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires have surged by 60 percent globally since 2001, and almost tripled in some of the most climate-sensitive northern boreal ...
Two wildfires have burned more than 2,700 acres at Pennsylvania's Michaux State Forest in Cumberland County. As of Monday morning, neither fire is fully contained. Department of Conservation and ...
A new dataset and analysis released by World Resources Institute finds global tropical forest loss jumped to a record high in 2024, with 6.7 million hectares (16.6 million acres) worldwide. In total, ...
Victoria Porter spent two days last year fighting a small forest fire that sprang up from a hunter’s campsite in the Montana wilderness. Porter, 28, helped dig a fire break to prevent the blaze from ...
EXETER – A storeroom behind the headquarters of the state Forest Fire Program is usually stocked with 60 backpacks containing special firehoses ready to be used to fight wildfires that break out ...
The Green Fire in Shasta-Trinity National Forest has grown since Wednesday, but containment has increased, too. Evacuation orders and warnings remain in effect for certain areas, with designated ...
The Green Fire has grown to over 11,000 acres and is 5% contained near Montgomery Creek, California. Extreme heat and dry conditions are fueling the fire's spread, with a heat advisory in effect.
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