The 2018 Woolsey Fire in California burned nearly 100,000 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. This image was taken on November 9, 2018. Credit:…
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Earth’s Coldest Forests Are Shifting Northward With Climate Change – Biodiversity and Wildfire Risks
New research from Northern Arizona University shows rising temperatures are causing Earth’s coldest forests to shift northward, raising concerns about biodiversity, an increased risk of…
The report, Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires, finds an elevated risk even for the Arctic and other regions previously unaffected…
In 18 zones of the U.S. West, plant water sensitivity is high (>1.5), and the vapor pressure deficit is rising faster than average. Because both…
2019 – 2020 Heat and drought exacerbated fire season in 2020, but cattle grazing and other human activities also primed the region to burn. One…
December 30, 2021 Hurricane-force winds whipped fires across drought-parched grasslands and into suburban neighborhoods. On December 30, 2021, high winds roared out of the west…
Lower humidity and higher temperatures are driving extreme weather that makes wildfires more frequent and intense, say experts. The world’s eight most extreme wildfire weather…
From 50,000 years to 6,000 years ago, many of the world’s largest animals, including such iconic grassland grazers as the woolly mammoth, giant bison, and…
January 6, 2020 Iron-rich aerosols from the 2019-2020 fires fertilized huge phytoplankton populations in the far South Pacific. The catastrophic wildfires that scorched eucalyptus forests…
Active flame front of the Zaca Fire, the second largest fire on record in California. U.S. Forest Service. Credit: John Newman Statistical modeling highlights predictive…
September 21, 2021 This is the second part of a story about fires in California. Read part 1 here. Accumulating fuels and rising populations are…
September 13, 2021 Heat waves and droughts supercharged by climate change, a century of fire suppression, and fast-growing populations have made large, destructive fires more…
Whenever organic matter is burned, such as in a wildfire, a power plant, a car’s exhaust, or in daily cooking, the combustion releases polycyclic aromatic…
Smoke rises from Calwood Fire as it nears a neighborhood in Boulder County on October 17, 2020. Credit: Malachi Brooks Rising Temperatures and Risky Development…
September 15, 2021 In the midst of another brutal fire season, several of California’s natural treasures have also been threatened. In the midst of another brutal…
While wildfires are a natural part of California’s landscape, a severe drought, coupled with extreme temperatures, have sustained several major fires for much of August.…
Largest and most comprehensive study to date of the health effects of wildfires in Brazil reveals the serious health consequences of this burning, linking exposure…
January 1, 1984 – December 31, 2017 Wildfires in the western United States have been spreading to higher elevations due to warmer and drier conditions.…
NASA’s MISR instrument captured smoke plumes from five fires burning in northern California. The highest plume reached about 19,685 feet (6,000 meters) in altitude. Credit:…
August 19, 2021 Several destructive fires have charred landscapes in northern California, and their emissions are adding up. The worst of California’s fire season typically…