wildfires

The billowing black smoke that has cloaked the US Pacific north-west during wildfire disasters in past years has caused atmospheric carbon monoxide levels to spike, with the contaminants offsetting…

Blazes in western US have hit thousands of Earth’s largest trees, once considered almost fire-proof Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, adding to a staggering…

Can a government addicted to concrete and profit turn around an appalling environmental record?

World leaders at the COP26 summit in Glasgow are under pressure to respond to global warming, and intense heatwaves and frequent forest fires are becoming an increasing threat around the…

Greg Mullins says after the ‘black summer’ bushfires it is time for politicians to act on global heating. The year 2019 was Australia’s hottest and driest on record. By 2040, those conditions –…

Wildfires around the world set records for carbon dioxide emissions in July and August, topping India's annual emissions. The world set a scary new record last month: Wildfires 

JENDOUBA, Tunisia, Sept 14 (Reuters) - For cork collector Khaled Warhani, the wildfires that devastated part of northern Tunisia's lush woodland this summer were a warning of how the changing climate…

Wildfires burn millions of acres of land every year, leaving changed landscapes that are prone to flooding. Less well known is that these already vulnerable regions can also intensify and in some…

Wildfires burn millions of acres of land every year, leaving changed landscapes that are prone to flooding. Less well known is that these already vulnerable regions can also intensify and in some…

‘Nightmarish summer’ in southern Europe coincides with publication of devastating new UN climate report.

In a landmark ruling and a win for a bushfire survivors group, the Land and Environment Court has ordered the New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to take steps to safeguard…

While Chile has been going through a drought for the past decade, July was particularly dry Andres Couve, the science minister of Chile, has said addressing the climate crisis is a “national…

Communities on the frontline of the climate crisis say radical solutions must be on the table – before it’s too late Ayisha Siddiqa doesn’t want fossil fuel companies to determine her future anymore…

‘It’s a horrible combination – together, the wildfires and Covid-19 make us even sicker’ Wildfire smoke is linked to at least 19,000 additional cases of Covid-19 on the West Coast, and 700…

Wildfires have raged through southern Europe in the past few weeks, and the apocalyptic scenes are just the beginning, reports Borzou Daragahi

Zero containment of wildfire, one of about a dozen big blazes in drought-stricken state that have destroyed hundreds of homes. A wildfire burning for a week in northern California continued to grow…

Blazes are destroying whole communities. The Canadian government must act now to tackle this existential threat

Parts of the Mediterranean and central Europe have experienced extreme temperatures this summer, with wildfires causing devastation in both Turkey and Greece. The blaze on Evia, Greece’s second-…

The city is surrounded by flames. On the ground, there are tales of heroism – and fear for the future. Little had prepared any of us on the Athens-bound flight for the sight of the great fire-…

As wildfires swept through the Italian island of Sicily, fueled by an extreme heatwave, officials in one city recorded on Wednesday what is believed to be the highest temperature ever recorded in…