The numbers are in — and they’re alarming. Forest fires are now burning twice as much tree cover every year as they did two ...

Westfield, Massachusetts, suffered from heavy flooding and rainfall in the middle of August 1955, making it the wettest day ...

But a couple more well documented ones are wildfire feedback loops. As the forests burn, there’s the heat of the fire, but that is minor compared to the amount of CO2 that’s emitted to the ...

Note: Fire data as of Sept. 17, 2024. Daily fire detections charted are based on a rolling 7-day average and detections at 66° N or higher. The phenomenon isn’t confined to the Arctic Circle.

More frequent and larger fires are part of the climate-fire feedback loop. This occurs when carbon dioxide emissions warm the planet, which creates a cycle of more fires and more emissions.

In 2023 and 2024, the hottest years on record, more than 78 million acres of forests burned around the globe. The fires sent ...

Wildfires in Canada have been releasing plumes of black carbon. Scientist issues urgent warning about overlooked side effect ...

Current Issue A Fiery Feedback Loop If my small backyard fire was a personal wake-up call, the 2021 Dixie fire was a four-alarm blaze.

The wildfire-climate change feedback loop. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. land managers are racing the clock as hotter, drier weather raises the risk of wildfires in the ...

Carbon dioxide emissions from wildfires, which have been gradually increasing since 2000, spiked drastically to a record high in 2021, according to an international team of researchers.

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -- A brush fire burning dangerously close to SR-51 and the Loop 101 in north Phoenix has forced traffic closures in the area. There were initial reports of a brush fire near ...