Climate Wildfires
All Stories
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Wildfires are still catching us off-guard. Congress’ plan to fix that isn’t going anywhere.
How the proposal to connect federal research agencies and improve wildfire research crashed and burned.
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As fires scorch New Mexico, the West braces for another hellish summer
It’s only May, and the Calf Canyon fire is already the state’s second-biggest on record.
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It’s official: Larger, more frequent wildfires are here
Fires scorched the country in March. Is ‘wildfire season’ a thing of the past?
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First a hurricane, now wildfire: Climate disasters are colliding in Florida
How Hurricane Michael fueled fires in the Panhandle.
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Amazon rainforest is nearing critical ‘tipping point’
New research indicates that the forest is losing its ability to recover from deforestation, fire, and drought.
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A third of Americans are already facing above-average warming
Temperatures in 499 counties across West, Northeast, and upper Midwest US have already breached 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit.
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A wildfire may have forever changed this Colorado community — and who can afford to live there
How climate-fueled fires are exacerbating the housing crisis sweeping the West.
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The boreal of Minnesota could look like Kansas if CO2 emissions remain ‘business as usual’
From Minnesota to the Northwest Territories, researchers are studying dramatic changes in the vast northern forests.
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Wildfires are erasing Western forests. Climate change is making it permanent.
The evidence is clear: Forests are shifting to scrublands across large swaths of the Western U.S.
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California is banking on forests to reduce emissions. What happens when they go up in smoke?
How faulty rules and wildfire could unravel California’s climate progress