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The elimination of the State Department’s Office of Global Change leaves the world’s largest historical polluter with no ...
A new report highlights the growing insurance crisis playing out in parts of the country that are prone to frequent weather ...
Global reinsurer Munich Re said climate change is increasing the probabilities of extreme weather, including conditions to ...
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In 2023 and 2024, the hottest years on record, more than 78 million acres of forests burned around the globe. The fires sent ...
It’s not just that it’s dark and people are asleep. Urban sprawl, confirmation bias and other factors can play a role.
Wildfires are the top environmental issue for most Californians, who are also concerned about rising costs associated with ...
Fires could turn the Amazon rainforest into a desert as human activity and climate change threaten ‘lungs of the world’, according to scientsits. It’s been a bad year for the Amazon, which ...
The team from the Center for Conservation Innovation at Defenders of Wildlife found when they applied climate change assessments to the plants and animals on the U.S. Endangered Species Act list ...
“With climate change accelerating, these ecosystems are being reshaped in ways that make them more fire-susceptible,” Bonakdari said. — Steve Howe reports on weather, climate and the Great ...
"Climate-driven fires arise from more favorable weather conditions for fire, such as low humidity and high temperatures, which in turn are influenced by anthropogenic climate change. Understanding ...
The paper, “ Impacts of Climate Change on Land Management and Wildland Fire Smoke in the Southeastern United States,” is published open access in the journal Environmental Research Letters.