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....
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...
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...
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....
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...
