This is the second installment of Mongabay’s coverage of active management tools for forest fires. Read Part 1. Photographs of...
By Faith Kearns, Arizona State University As wildfire crews battled the Dragon Bravo Fire on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim...
By John Cannon, Mongabay On Sept. 8, 2020, a brush field in southern Oregon, in the northwestern U.S., caught fire. Over the next week, “walls” of flame tore through the towns of Talent and Phoenix in the Rogue River Valley....
University of Nevada, Reno researchers use the popular Lamoille Canyon recreation area to dig deeper into wildfires’ possible effects on...
By Gavin D. Madakumbura, University of California, Los Angeles and Alex Hall, University of California, Los Angeles Fire season is...
Human-caused climate change has pushed the onset of fire season in the state to as much as 46 days earlier than it was 30 years ago. By Grace van Deelen, EOS: Climate change warps the timing of natural processes. Scientists...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert As wildfire conditions across California are expected to increase steadily through the summer, state officials...
Wildfires can burn so hot that they give rise to water-repellent soil, which could make ecosystems more susceptible to flooding....
Press release from the Wildfire Solutions Coalition A coalition of organizations announced today the formation of the Wildfire Solutions Coalition, a groundbreaking alliance of cross-sector leaders and organizations throughout the state to secure long-term, sustained funding for wildfire mitigation and...
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...
An analysis of 500 watersheds found levels of organic carbon, phosphorus, and other pollutants up to 103 times higher after a wildfire. By Sophie Hurwitz, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here....
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...
Ben Livneh, University of Colorado Boulder, The Conversation Picture a wildfire raging across a forested mountainside. The smoke billows and the flames rise. An aircraft drops vibrant red flame retardant. It’s a dramatic, often dangerous scene. But the threat to...