Lightning-sparked fires can be a big deal: The Canadian wildfires of 2023 generated nearly 500 million metric tons of carbon emissions, and lightning-started fires burned 93% of the area affected.

A wildfire that damaged and destroyed hundreds of structures in Ventura County was likely caused by wind-whipped debris from an earlier fire that started days earlier, arson investigators announced ...

In recent years, millions of people across the US have seen distant wildfires cause bad air quality in their local communities. As climate change makes hot, dry weather patterns more frequent, the ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- North Carolina's fall wildfire season is here, and the N.C. Forest Service is urging the public to protect homes and livelihoods by taking action to reduce wildfire risk. The ...

In a windowless, warehouse-sized lab on campus, a team of CU Boulder researchers huddle around two wind tunnels—long metal tubes that blow air currents at controlled speeds. Laura Shannon, a graduate ...

Wildfire smoke is responsible for tens of thousands of deaths each year and will do more harm to U.S. residents by midcentury than any other threat driven by climate change, including extreme heat.

California wildfires have become particularly devastating in recent decades, but their origins vary. By Orlando Mayorquín Reporting from Los Angeles The Palisades fire, which killed 12 people and ...

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