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

As climate change accelerates in boreal forests, the frequency of zombie fires could rise and exacerbate warming by releasing more greenhouse gases from the region’s soils, which may house twice ...

But when fires wipe out these forests and seedings can’t get a foothold, they are replaced with grasses and dense brush. Climate change has already shifted biomes.

As the risk of fires increases due to climate change, the Greek government refuses to address the climate emergency or fund ...

Human-made climate change doubled forest fires over the last three decades, a new study says. Here's what people can and can't do to fight these blazes in the future.

Greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from burning coal, oil and gas, have heated the planet by about 1.3 degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times. Europe has warmed at twice the global average since the ...

The skyrocketing cost of putting out this year's record-breaking forest fires in British Columbia is serving as a stark warning about the economic toll of climate change. Fire-related expenses ...

Lightning-caused wildfires, like this one, historically burned at low severity, renewing ecosystems by revitalizing soil nutrients and keeping forests from over growing.

The amount of forest area burned by wildfires between 1984 and 2015 was twice what would have burned had climate change not occurred, according to the 2018 U.S. National Climate Assessment.

Northern forest fires could accelerate climate change Date: April 30, 2021 Source: Boston University Summary: New research shows that the global models used to project how Earth's climate will ...