The latest science on the link between climate change and natural disasters — and how they may be playing out where you live.

Wildfires have spread across the planet for millennia, but they are increasing as the climate warms. Decimated forests, ...

Global climate pattern shows signs of shifting. What will happen in the US?

Wildfires are now a consistent threat. Learn how to rebuild stronger, smarter, and safer to better withstand the next ...

Six Republican Congress members callously urged Canada to take “proper action” to mitigate smoke wafting into the U.S.

The Balkans have been pounded by storms, while wildfires broke out in Türkiye, Spain and France in the last week. View on ...

Lookout Fire burned most of a forest in Oregon. What's unfolding in the aftermath could inform the future of other forests ...

The countries most affected are Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal, with temperatures nearing or topping 40C (104F).

The Forest Service's new chief recently published a letter that called for wildfires to be suppressed "as swiftly as possible ...

Beth People who live in areas affected by natural disasters can often experience climate trauma. Trauma is what we call the very bad and long-lasting emotional effects of an event or experience.

Tree planters sowed three million seedlings during a reforestation project this spring, aiming to restore a part of ...

A 2021 study supported by NOAA similarly concluded that climate change is primarily responsible for wildfire conditions, like hotter and drier summers. Wildfires themselves also release carbon ...