2020 rivals hottest year on record, pushing Earth closer to a critical climate threshold
Escalating temperatures poise planet to breach1.5 C for the first time, possibly later this decade
2020 rivals hottest year on record, pushing Earth closer to a critical climate threshold
The year 2020, which witnessed terrifying blazes from California to Siberia and a record number of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic, rivaled and possibly even...
California’s epic wildfires in 2020 took deadly aim at the state’s most beloved trees.
In a relative instant, countless ancient redwoods, hundreds of giant sequoias and more than one million Joshua trees perished.
The long-lasting mental health effects of wildfires
In the wake of a fire, governments and newspapers count the damage: lives lost, acres of forest burned, homes and businesses destroyed. Those are the...
Severe Wildfires Raise the Chance for Future Monstrous Blazes
To lessen the risk of catastrophic wildfires, California’s forests need more routine burns. This message has been echoed for years. Relentlessly putting out even small...
Colorado’s second-largest wildfire forecast to grow amid high winds
At least five people are missing in the East Troublesome Fire, which burned 140,000 acres in 24 hours
This is what remains of the only school in Berry Creek, Calif.
Climate change has its most extreme effect on overnight low temperatures, which are increasing even faster than daytime highs. These maps show how much warmer...
Wildfire risks may instigate power blackouts in 2 Utah communities
Rocky Mountain Power initiated protocols a couple of years ago on what conditions would prompt it to cut off power to neighborhoods because of the...