The Desert Research Institute and NASA to learn more about harmful effects to help communities stay healthy as wildfires are ...
A study has found that wildfires are reducing migratory bird activity at stopover sites. Led by Wieland Heim, a researcher of the Migration Ecology group at the University of Oldenburg, a team ...
As the climate warms, wildfire smoke could become far deadlier in the United States, with projections estimating up to 64,000 ...
Some wildfires are so intense, they create their own weather—thunderstorms driven by heat that hurtle smoke as high as 10 miles into the sky like giant chimneys. When these smoke plumes reach the thin ...
With smoke from Canadian wildfires coming to North Carolina for the second time in June, it has people concerned on the overall effect it will have on there health. WRAL News spoke with a doctor at ...
Record warmth and drought helped fuel a deadly wildfire season in 2020 that destroyed more than 8 million acres across many Western states. In addition to loss of life and property, the fires and ...
As the American West warms due to climate change, wildfires are increasingly burning in higher-elevation mountains, charring the watersheds where the region’s vital snowpack accumulates. A new study ...
California's coastal redwoods have stood for centuries, weathering a changing climate, logging, and time itself. But in an era of hotter, more frequent wildfires, their future resilience depends on ...
Hundreds of ongoing fires in Canada have forced thousands to evacuate their homes and sent smoke to cities across the eastern United States. In 2020, the skies turned orange over the Bay Area, the ...