New research shows that there may be cause for concern in the East as well, where fire size, numbers, and total area burned seem to be increasing. Published in Geophysical Research Letters last ...

The Ring of Fire is home to 75% of the world's volcanoes and 90% of its earthquakes. 2 min read The Ring of Fire is a roughly 25,000-mile chain of volcanoes and seismically active sites that ...

This story appears in the December 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine ... adapted for long winters in the Sierra. But it’s a fire tree too. Thick bark protects it from burning in ...