Climate Wildfires
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Red alert: Portions of the Arctic are warming much faster than we thought
"What's happening in the far north is off the scale."
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![Five outdoor thermometers arranged left to right from smallest size to largest, with the temperature rising from 70 degrees in the first to 120 in the last]()
![Five outdoor thermometers arranged left to right from smallest size to largest, with the temperature rising from 70 degrees in the first to 120 in the last]()
Summer has transformed into ‘danger season,’ scientists warn
Hurricanes, heat, fires, smoke, drought: Is it time to stop sugar-coating summer?
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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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![Aircraft fly over a smoky, hilly forest.]()
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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![A tree goes up in flames, surrounded by smoke.]()
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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![Fires burn in the Amazon rainforest.]()
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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![Photo: A sign showing a temperature of 133F in Death Valley, CA.]()
![Photo: A sign showing a temperature of 133F in Death Valley, CA.]()
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.
