Press release from the Wildfire Solutions Coalition A coalition of organizations announced today the formation of the Wildfire Solutions Coalition,...
The latest science on the link between climate change and natural disasters — and how they may be playing out...
What you need to know: California has invested billions of dollars to fight fires and treated millions of acres to reduce wildfire risk, while the Trump administration continues to cut resources and neglect its responsibility to manage the 57% of...
An analysis of 500 watersheds found levels of organic carbon, phosphorus, and other pollutants up to 103 times higher after...
From Stanford News: A new Stanford-led study finds that controlled, low-intensity fires known as prescribed burns can slash wildfire intensity...
By Frida Garza, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Jeff King has served on the volunteer fire department in Corydon, Kentucky, for over 30 years. He is well aware of the...
Ben Livneh, University of Colorado Boulder, The Conversation Picture a wildfire raging across a forested mountainside. The smoke billows and...
By Nina Dietz, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that...
Wildfires reshape landscapes, both to the benefit and detriment of impacted areas. After the smoke clears, they can continue to cause hazards like flooding and erosion, while also promoting ecosystem renewal. With an impartial lens, USGS researchers study postfire landscape...
By Jacob Margolis, LAist This article was originally published by LAist on April 11, 2025. Soil samples taken in and...
From California Agriculture: As residents clean up after the Los Angeles County wildfires, the aftermath will continue to impact water...
LAist: How much toxic heavy metal is in that bright red fire retardant? We had it tested to find out
An LAist investigation found arsenic, cadmium, chromium and lead in samples of fire retardant collected from the Palisades, Eaton and Franklin fires. By Jacob Margolis, LAist This article was originally published by LAist on April3, 2025. Not long after the...
The U.S. Geological Survey is researching the effect of wildfires on the release of stored mercury from forest watersheds and...
Highlights A trifecta of fire-friendly climate conditions set the stage for the January 2025 fires: back-to-back wet winters that boosted...
A new report examines how atmospheric changes contributed to January’s devastating Southern California wildfires By Elyse DeFranco, Desert Research Institute While fires engulfed large swaths of Southern California in early January, destroying more than 16,000 structures, taking at least 29...