Skyward Wildfire claims that it can stop wildfires before they even start by preventing lightning strikes. It’s a wild promise, and one that my colleague James Temple dug into for his most recent ...

Calls have been made for more funding to support wildfire prevention and response - action that relies purely on volunteers.

The snowpack is well below average in nearly all Western states, as higher-than-usual temperatures make for a warm, dry winter.

As Arizonans struggle with rising bills, heat relief experts emphasize a need to pursue nature-based city planning and clean ...

Wildfire smoke from the Canadian wildfires in 2023 was linked to a higher incidence of severe strokes and increased hemorrhagic risk, according to new study findings.

While the trend to more extreme fire weather days is well understood for many regions worldwide, a new study has identified the rising incidence of widespread concurrent extreme fire weather days ...

Researchers at the University of Washington published a study that shows that Indigenous-informed tree thinning efforts in the Cascades didn’t just help with wildfire control—it also increased ...

Lightning sparked almost 60% of the wildfires—and those blazes accounted for 93% of the total area burned.

Wildfires are among the most economically costly natural disasters and are becoming more severe and frequent due to global ...

Forest managers in the eastern Cascades selectively thin forests to promote wildfire resilience. New research from the University of Washington shows that the same process can also increase seasonal ...

America’s national parks were conceived as sanctuaries from the forces remaking the rest of the continent. Climate change is now breaching that boundary. A recent assessment of park vulnerability ...