Northern wildfires can reshape climate for years, sometimes cooling the planet but also releasing carbon from thawing permafrost.

Palisades fire victims want to raise money for disaster hardening. Their idea could be a model — if it can get past L.A.’s most vexing housing problems.

Climate’s fingerprint on forest fires, particularly remote ones, can be obvious. That’s because fires are limited either by how much there is to burn or by how wet or dry the fuel is. So, when ...

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Wildfires driven by climate change contribute to as many as thousands of annual deaths and billions of dollars in economic costs from wildfire smoke in the United States, according to a new study. The ...

Hurricane Helene eroded the bank around the Old Fort Finishing Dam, leaving wood and metal debris in the stormwater above the abandoned barrier. Helene has made preparing for wildfires in western ...

The corporate media rushed to blame climate change for the Pacific Palisades fires that ravaged Los Angeles, California, in January, though it turned out the fires were caused by an arsonist. The ...

BEAVERCREEK, Ore. (AP) — With crews battling wildfires that have killed at least 35 people, destroyed neighborhoods and enveloped the West Coast in smoke, another fight has emerged: leaders in the ...

A new study that looked at wildfires around the world says climate change likely made L.A.'s January fires worse. The how is complicated. A number of factors: Strong winds, high temperatures and dry ...

Environment / War is a climate story, but billionaire media owners don’t want to tell it. Kyle Pope This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration cofounded by Columbia ...

Strong winds, warm weather, dry brush and a lack of rain: All of those factors and more came together to make L.A.’s January wildfires some of the worst on record. But were those conditions made worse ...