Using future climate scenarios based on wildfire damages in North America, scientists estimate that up to 10,000 or more ...

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 ...

Simultaneous emergencies in different parts of the world could stop countries from sharing ground crews and equipment, new research warns.

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

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

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

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

Wild animals are secretly playing a “crucial role” in mitigating human-made climate change through their natural behaviour.

Climate change has had significant negative effects on populations around the world. Several cities have air quality more ...

Around the world, the conditions that brew massive blazes are...syncing up?

A team of researchers say that human-caused climate change had an important impact on the recent ferocious wildfires that engulfed parts of Chile and Argentina’s Patagonia region, making the extremely ...

New research shows that fires in northern forests are releasing far more carbon than global climate models have been tracking.