Forest fires: why they matter and how to prevent them
In some ecosystems, such as high-latitude forests, wildfires are a natural occurrence. These help maintain healthy...
DroneSeed makes reforestation easier after a large wildfire
According to the National Interagency Fire Center, 6,480,861 acres have burned across the United States this year...
BreezoMeter's real-time data tracks air quality and wildfires
Many natural elements affect our daily activities, including snow, temperature and rain. Additionally, air quality...
California Caldor Fire destroys town, keeps raging
What started as a little blaze last weekend in El Dorado County, California, has turned into a town-gobbling inferno....
Wildfire smoke linked to almost 20,000 COVID-19 cases last year
The coronavirus pandemic and raging wildfires were two heinous events of 2020. And in one of life’s...
Siberian wildfires send smoke to North Pole in historical first
Aisen Nikolayev, head of the Siberian region Yakutia, declared last Friday a non-working day following heavy smoke...
California Dixie fire growing too fast for warning systems
The Northern California Dixie Fire that erupted last month continues to make history. The elusive fire officially...
Wildfires rage across Turkey's Aegean coast
Between rising sea levels and super hurricanes, a summer day at the beach isn’t as relaxing as it used to be....
California couple charged for starting wildfire during gender reveal
Refugio Manuel Jimenez Jr. and Angela Renee Jimenez, a Southern California couple responsible for starting a forest...
Oregon's Bootleg Fire is creating its own weather
Usually, weather conditions influence how wildfires behave. But southern Oregon’s massive Bootleg Fire is so...
Fireworks banned due to heat in parts of western US
The U.S. has long prized personal rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of sparkly stuff to set on fire come...
What are zombie fires, and how do they affect the environment?
Wildfires in the boreal forests of the far Northern Hemisphere are surviving the winter and picking up again in...
Birds are dying mid-air possibly due to climate crisis effects
The deaths of thousands of birds in the southwestern U.S. have sparked concern from scientists. This phenomenon...
Arctic wildfires rage through Siberia
The earth's poles have made the news a lot this summer, and not for good reasons. Now, another awful update has...
PG&E pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2018 wildfire deaths
Utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) pled guilty this week to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter...
