A New York forest ranger was killed battling a wildfire that is burning near Greenwood Lake in Orange County and northern New ...

Forest fires are no longer just a natural occurrence. As they shift north and intensify, these fires are a clear symptom of human-caused climate change. It's essential to recognize the growing ...

The vast majority of western dry forests are at risk of large, high-intensity fire because of the effects of poor forest management over the past century. The primary factors that lead to current ...

Whether in Canada, California or around the Mediterranean—forest fires are becoming more frequent and, above all, more severe ...

Firefighters continued efforts to contain the Jennings Creek wildfire, burning along the New York-New Jersey border in and ...

Indonesia is currently in the throes of the so-called fire season, which coincides with the driest months of the year. Vast tracts of forest in Brazil, Russia and Africa have also been burning.

Fire crews on both coasts of the U.S. are battling wildfires, including one in New York and New Jersey that killed a parks employee ...

Carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires have increased by 60 percent globally in the past two decades, according to a study published in the journal Science on Thursday. Northernmost boreal ...

Carbon emissions from forest fires increased more than 60 percent globally over the past two decades, according to a new study. By Austyn Gaffney Forests not only serve as refuges from city life ...

Forest fires in southwest Switzerland are still not under control, as the army deployed additional help to extinguish the flames. Fifty evacuated people had still not been able to return to their ...

This trend shifts the focus of forest fire emissions from tropical forests, where fires set to make room for farmland have long contributed carbon to the atmosphere. Conservation policies have ...

Matthew William Jones receives funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Stefan H Doerr receives funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the ...