In 2023 and 2024, the hottest years on record, more than 78 million acres of forests burned around the globe. The fires sent ...

Wildfires are the top environmental issue for most Californians, who are also concerned about rising costs associated with ...

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The latest science on the link between climate change and natural disasters — and how they may be playing out where you live.

Wildfires have scorched hotspots in several Mediterranean countries this month, with blazes forcing thousands of people into ...

Human actions like deforestation and climate change are creating new seasons, like haze and trash seasons, while traditional ...

A recent report from the Public Policy Institute of California found additionally that 60% were very concerned, a remarkable ...

Their early findings suggest that wildfire smoke is broadly and especially toxic. Burning trees, soil, and vehicles can throw ...

Ground slumping in yedoma permafrost after a wildfire, in the interior of Alaska. Yedoma permafrost generally contains large ...

Two new studies say data center firms face growing threats from climate change-driven natural disasters and need to start ...

More information: Megan M Johnson et al, Impacts of climate change on land management and wildland fire smoke in the Southeastern United States, Environmental Research Letters (2025). DOI: 10.1088 ...

The firings of nearly a dozen people in the State Department’s Office of Global Change include the last U.S. climate ...