Skyward Wildfire claims that it can stop wildfires before they even start by preventing lightning strikes. It’s a wild promise, and one that my colleague James Temple dug into for his most recent ...

Calls have been made for more funding to support wildfire prevention and response - action that relies purely on volunteers.

Two months after the anniversary of the devastating Southern California firestorms, several legislators at the state Capitol ...

East Coast residents may remember polar vortex forecasts and blizzards, but U.S. weather data was dominated by warm ...

The snowpack is well below average in nearly all Western states, as higher-than-usual temperatures make for a warm, dry winter.

As Arizonans struggle with rising bills, heat relief experts emphasize a need to pursue nature-based city planning and clean ...

A new study shows that careful forest thinning in the cascade mountains can reduce wildfire risk and help more snow reach the ground.

Northern wildfires may be more dangerous for the climate than they appear. Researchers found that fires in boreal forests can burn deep into peat soils, releasing ancient carbon stored for hundreds or ...

Plus: Homeland Security head Kristi Noem denies knowledge of Chicago shooting, the Fire's flashy groundbreaking on a new ...

This study investigates whether daily exposure to wildfire-derived PM2.5 increases violent assaults in Seattle, Washington, between 2013 and 2023. Using ground-level wildfire smoke presence as an ...

Wildfire smoke from the Canadian wildfires in 2023 was linked to a higher incidence of severe strokes and increased hemorrhagic risk, according to new study findings.

While the trend to more extreme fire weather days is well understood for many regions worldwide, a new study has identified the rising incidence of widespread concurrent extreme fire weather days ...