New research from Stanford University shows wildfires can transform a natural element in soils into a cancer-causing and readily airborne...
Scientists examined multiple fire danger indices for the contiguous U.S. to assess the impact of climate change on future wildfire...
High-intensity, often catastrophic, wildfires have become increasingly frequent across the Western U.S. Researchers quantified the value of managed low-intensity burning to dramatically reduce the risk of such fires for years at a time. By Rob Jordan, Stanford Woods Institute of...
By Robin Meadows While marine heat waves are well known, a 2022 study was the first to document aquatic temperature...
Kyra Clark-Wolf, University of Colorado Boulder and Philip Higuera, University of Montana Strong winds blew across mountain slopes after a...
By Benjamin Cossel, Stanislaus National Forest If they’d only known. Back in the 1850s, miners in the Sierra Nevada gold-rush town of Sonora, California created a connected system of ditches, wooden flumes and pipes to move water. Sierra snowpack melted...
Paper adds clarity to contentious debate with implications for lives and property David Colgan, UCLA Key takeaways Experts authored a...
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California’s forests are facing a growing threat: wildfires. The severity and frequency of these fires are on the rise, fueled by poor fire management practices, prolonged drought, and bark beetle infestation. These factors are only worsened by the changing climate,...
By Ria Roebuck Joseph | The Center Square California is gearing up for the 2023 fire season with a host...
At the June meeting of the Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Laurel Larsen spotlighted an article on the...
Fire officials are bracing for the worst as scientists predict that climate change could cause more lightning strikes, which often ignite deadly, unpredictable and remote wildfires in Northern California. By Julie Cart This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign...
A new study shows that midwinter dry spells lead to dramatic losses of winter snowpack in burned areas By the...
By Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine Rivers of muddy water from heavy rainfall raced through city streets as thousands...
When wildfires burn in the west, their heat and airborne particles inflict stronger rain and larger hail upon central states By Brendan Bane, Pacific Northwest National Lab A new study shows for the first time that wildfires burning in West...