The scorched earth in Biriya Forest reflects just one of many environmental effects of nearly a year and a half of war for ...

Climate scientists present a realistic supercomputer simulation that resolves the complex interactions between fire, vegetation, smoke and the atmosphere. The authors find that increasing greenhouse ...

Extreme fire seasons in recent years highlight the urgent need to better understand wildfires within the broader context of ...

Fewer wildfires burn in North American forests today than in previous centuries, increasing the risk of more severe wildfires ...

Colorado's forests store a massive amount of carbon, but dying trees -- mostly due to insects and disease -- have caused the state's forests to emit more carbon than they absorbed in recent years, ...