Wildfire
Plumes of Smoke From Fires in the North American West Stretch Across the Continent
Particle pollution is affecting air quality in cities thousands of miles away
Fire Destroyed 10 Percent of World's Giant Sequoias Last Year—Can They Survive Climate Change?
A new draft report suggests between 7,500 and 10,600 of the massive trees were killed by wildfire in 2020
After Last Year's Deadly Fires, the California Condor Soars Once Again
A colossus of the sky, the bird of prey was nearly gone when biologists rescued it from extinction. Then came a terrible new challenge
California's Fire Season May Be Starting Early This Year
The state issued a 'red flag' fire warning on May 2, the first one issued in May since 2014, during a stretch of abnormally hot, dry and windy weather
New Evidence Suggests Sharks Use Earth's Magnetic Field to Navigate
Bonnethead sharks swam in the direction of their home waters when placed in a tank charged with an electromagnetic field
Why the Cape Town Fire Is a Devastating Loss for South African Cultural Heritage
The inferno destroyed much of the University of Cape Town's special collections, including rare books, films, photographs and records
New-Growth Alaskan Forests May Store More Carbon After Wildfires
Researchers find forests are regrowing with more deciduous trees, which are more resistant to burning and may eventually store 160 percent more carbon
Climate Change Linked to Increase in Arctic Lightning Strikes
A warming climate makes Arctic lightning possible, and resulting wildfires release immense amounts of carbon from the permafrost
Female Fire Lookouts Have Been Saving the Wilderness for Over a Century
Spotting smoke from towers on high peaks could have been deemed 'man's work,' but a few pioneers paved the way for generations of women to do the job
Wildfire Smoke Is More Damaging to Respiratory Health Than Other Sources of Air Pollution
Smoke exposure was associated with more hospital admissions than equivalent amounts of non-wildfire emissions
U.S. Breaks Record for Billion-Dollar Climate Disasters in 2020
A total of 22 disasters caused $95 billion in total damage, reflecting climate change’s growing cost
Smithsonian Scholars Pick Their Favorite Books of 2020
This wide-ranging list offers much-needed context for the issues at the forefront of the national conversation
Colorado's Record-Breaking Blazes Illustrate the West's Lengthening Fire Season
Fire season is usually over by this time in October, but, in a trend experts expect climate change to exacerbate, that's not the case this year
California’s First-Ever Gigafire Blazes Through the State, Scorching More Than One Million Acres
Scientists say that hotter and drier conditions resulting from climate change have fueled this record-breaking fire
For the First Time in 3,000 Years, Tasmanian Devils Return to Mainland Australia
The marsupial carnivores will roam the outback once again
Wildlife Suffers as Brazil’s Pantanal Wetland Burns
Fires in the world’s largest tropical wetland have burned an area double that of California’s unprecedented 2020 blazes
West Coast Cities Experienced World’s Worst Air Quality in September
Minuscule particles in smoke may cause long-term health impacts, which will overlap with flu season and the Covid-19 pandemic
Historic Mount Wilson Observatory Threatened by Bobcat Fire in Los Angeles
Although the immediate danger seems to have passed, the fight to battle the flames threatening the historic observatory continues
Thousands of Migrating Birds Drop Dead Across Southwestern U.S.
Researchers aren’t sure what’s causing the mass die-off impacting birds flying south for the winter
West Coast Wildfire Smoke Reported as Far East as the Netherlands
Hazy skies covered the United States and parts of Europe this week as jet streams pushed fumes eastward
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