Scientists studying trees ranging from saplings to 130 years old in Canada's northern forests have discovered that the period since a fire last swept through an area determines how much carbon the ...

Over the summer of 2022, the European “fire season” made headlines, and the burned area was said to be “unprecedented” in many countries. However, an examination of historical climate and fire data ...

Fires across the contiguous US have quadrupled in size and tripled in frequency since the year 2000, according to a new study. Monisha Ravisetti was a science writer at CNET. She covered climate ...

Black spruce forests in Alaska and Canada have been burning more often and more deeply since 1987--and they're releasing more carbon dioxide as a result. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

Each year, thousands of wildfires burn millions of acres in the United States. Fire season may be a reality in many places around the country. But the threat is spreading to areas once relatively ...

Long before the buildings and boulevards, before people inhabited the great basin that became known as Los Angeles, there were plants and fire. For the native flora here in California, fire is an ...