Browsing: wildfires
The man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles was upset that he didn’t have plans for New Year’s…
Earlier this month, a balloon coated in aluminum foil—the kind normally seen at a child’s birthday party—drifted into the path…
It took less than three minutes for wind-whipped flames to go from licking the side of the house to shattering a window…
PacifiCorp has agreed to pay $575 million to resolve the federal government’s claims for damages stemming from six wildfires in…
A new federal organization called the U.S. Wildland Fire Service has been established to streamline government responses to the growing…
Wildfires have stopped waiting for summer. They now burn through entire regions year-round, fuelled by heat, wind and drought. Every…
The Earth’s forests, soil and oceans are reaching their critical limits to naturally store carbon, as decades of climate change…
The growing evidence base around how wildfires both are being exacerbated by climate change, which is in turn leading to…
Authorities in California charged a 29-year-old man with starting a deadly fire that erupted into the most destructive blaze in…
A new fire research facility on the outskirts of Wellington New Zealand puts flooring and cladding materials to the ultimate…