From conspiracy theories to new fashion trends, some online ideas explode in hours—capturing attention and shaping discourse—while others hardly gain attention. What makes some ideas go viral while ...

Northern wildfires may be more dangerous for the climate than they appear. Researchers found that fires in boreal forests can burn deep into peat soils, releasing ancient carbon stored for hundreds or ...

Researchers at Lund University have produced the most detailed map of carbon emissions from Swedish forest fires to date. The results show that the largest emissions occur below the ground surface, in ...

Current satellite-based estimates may be dramatically underestimating emissions from forest fires by missing the critical ...