Wildfires
California is poised for a catastrophic fire season. Experts say its plan isn’t nearly enough
The state has furnished half a billion dollars in emergency funding as drought sets stage for megafires
Maanvi Singh in Oakland
14, Apr, 2021 @10:00 AM
Eat, roam, repeat: Can the bison’s big appetite stop Spain’s forest fires?
Conservationists hope the return of the near-extinct herbivore – ‘a living strimmer’ – will clear the undergrowth that fuels fires
Stephen Burgen in Barcelona
14, Apr, 2021 @5:00 AM
Wisconsin poised for devastating wildfire season as hundreds of blazes rage
State has lost almost as much acreage to fires in four months as it did throughout last year
Mario Koran in Milwaukee
13, Apr, 2021 @10:00 AM
Australia’s ‘black summer’ of severe weather wasn’t just bad luck
The 2019–20 bushfire season led to flooding and polluted drinking water despite moderate rainfall
Kate Ravilious
13, Apr, 2021 @5:00 AM
California pledges half a billion dollars to battle the threat of wildfire season
The plan will include more than $350m in funds to improve forest management efforts and to thin out vegetation
Maanvi Singh
08, Apr, 2021 @11:39 PM
Scientists need to face both facts and feelings when dealing with the climate crisis | Kimberly Nicholas
I was taught to use my head, not my heart. But acknowledging sadness at what is lost can help us safeguard the future, says professor of sustainability science Kimberly Nicholas
Kimberly Nicholas
24, Mar, 2021 @10:00 AM
California fire that killed four sparked by tree hitting PG&E power lines, officials say
Utility recently emerged from bankruptcy after its equipment started fires that killed more than 100 people in 2017 and 2018
Vivian Ho and agencies
23, Mar, 2021 @6:44 PM
California’s wildfire smoke could be more harmful than vehicle emissions, study says
Toxic particles spewed by wildfires resulted in 10 times as many respiratory-illness related hospitalizations as other types of pollution, researchers found
Maanvi Singh in Oakland
06, Mar, 2021 @10:00 AM
Fiercer, more frequent fires may reduce carbon capture by forests
Global study shows blazes diminish forest density and tree size, making woods likely to sequester less carbon
Patrick Barkham
25, Feb, 2021 @4:00 PM
How fires have spread to previously untouched parts of the world
Fires have always been a part of our natural world. But they’re moving to new ecosystems previously untouched by fire – and this is concerning scientists
Pablo Gutiérrez, Ashley Kirk, Jonathan Watts and Frank Hulley-Jones
19, Feb, 2021 @9:26 AM
California's rainfall is at historic lows. That spells trouble for wildfires and farms
Precipitation fills reservoirs, limits fire danger and feeds important crops. But the state has seen only 30% to 70% of what it would expect
Katharine Gammon in Los Angeles
11, Feb, 2021 @11:00 AM
Weatherwatch: how typhoons in Korea made California wildfires worse
New study highlights how events in one region can create a domino effect felt thousands of miles away
David Hambling
11, Feb, 2021 @6:00 AM
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