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

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.

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

Source: NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System 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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Northern California's Park Fire, located in Butte, Plumas, Shasta and Tehama counties about 100 miles northwest of Reno-Sparks, had consumed more than 391,000 acres as of Thursday morning and was ...

Last Updated: Aug. 15 at 6:15 p.m. The Sarah Loop Fire has forced level 3 (Go Now!) evacuations for all residents living in Athol, according to Kootenai County Emergency Management.