A new study by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) and Curtin University has shown a major increase in fire frequency in Victoria in the 20 years from 2001 to 2020 relative to the ...

Scientists studying trees ranging from saplings to 130 years old in Canada’s northern forests have discovered that the period since a fire last swept through an area determines how much carbon the ...

Fires across the contiguous US have quadrupled in size and tripled in frequency since the year 2000, according to a new study. Monisha Ravisetti was a science writer at CNET. She covered climate ...

Over the summer of 2022, the European “fire season” made headlines, and the burned area was said to be “unprecedented” in many countries. However, an examination of historical climate and fire data ...

The frequency of some types of fires in cities as a result of climate change is projected to increase in the coming decades, according to a modeling study published in Nature Cities. The findings are ...

Each year, thousands of wildfires burn millions of acres in the United States. Fire season may be a reality in many places around the country. But the threat is spreading to areas once relatively ...