Intense Wildfires Ravage Greek Island of Evia
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…
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Greece Fire: Large Swaths of Greece Consumed by Wildfire
In the first two weeks of August 2021, Greece has endured a series of wildland fires that have charred a large swath of the island…
Wildfire Smoke Exposure May Greatly Increase Risk of Contracting COVID-19
New study finds a 17.7 percent rise in COVID-19 cases after a prolonged 2020 wildfire smoke event in Reno, Nevada. Wildfire smoke may greatly increase…
Let Them Burn? How Wildfire Restored a Lost Forest Ecosystem in Yosemite
Half a century of allowing lightning fires to burn in Yosemite’s Illilouette Creek Basin has created a lost forest ecosystem that is far more resilient…
California’s Massive Dixie Fire Keeps Growing – Stunning Image Captured by Astronaut on Space Station
The largest fire currently burning in the United States continues to produce enormous plumes of smoke. The Dixie fire in Northern California has surpassed the…
Smoke Billows From Deadly Wildfires in Turkey
Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on July 30, 2021, this image shows smoke billowing from several fires along the southern coast of Turkey. Turkey…
A Summer of Fire-Breathing Smoke Storms: Extreme Heat, Intense Wildfires, and a “Monster pyroCb”
In 2000, atmospheric scientists from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) first reported that smoke plumes from intense wildfires could spawn towering thunderstorms that channeled smoke as…
NASA Satellites Show Smoke Across North America
Skies turned hazy from Pittsburgh to Washington to Boston, as smoke from fires in Canada poured into the U.S. Northeast. While plumes of wildfire smoke…
2.5 Billion Trees and Vines Killed in Epicenter of Major Amazon Droughts and Fires
A major drought and forest fires in the Amazon rainforest killed billions of trees and plants and turned one of the world’s largest carbon sinks…
Blazing Heat: Dangerous Wildfires Rage Across British Columbia
More than 40 wildfires were burning across the Canadian province by the end of June 2021, including a cluster of substantial blazes located about 200…
Fires Rage in Arizona: Hot, Dry Weather Parched Vegetation and Turned the State Into a Tinderbox
Exceptional drought has gripped much of Arizona for months. In June 2021, a potent heat wave sent temperatures soaring above 115°F (46°C) on multiple days. Now extreme fires are raging throughout…
Newly Discovered Atmospheric Circulation Enhances Heatwaves and Wildfires Around the Arctic
Scientists have uncovered a summertime climate pattern in and around the Arctic that could drive co-occurrences of European heatwaves and large-scale wildfires with air pollution…
Wildfires and Smoke Cause “Black Sky” in Siberia
Numerous fires have filled skies with smoke, causing air quality issues in Omsk. Russian emergency services have reported an abnormally high number of fires in…
Satellite View: Fierce Fire Season Rages in Nepal
After an unusually dry winter, forest fires have raged throughout the mountainous country. Seasonal fires, lit to manage farmland and pastures, are common in Nepal…
Catastrophic Wildfires on the Fish Lake Plateau Reduced by Indigenous “Cultural Burning”
If you were to visit the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau a thousand years ago, you’d find conditions remarkably familiar to the present. The climate…
Unexpected Decrease in Air Pollution Over Parts of Africa
Changes in fire patterns have led to seasonal reductions in nitrogen dioxide pollution. Despite growing use of fossil fuels in many African countries due to…
Fine Particles From Wildfire Smoke Is More Harmful Than Pollution From Other Sources
Researchers call for revisions to air-quality monitoring guidelines to consider the sources of emissions. Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego examining…
A Mosaic of Fire Data: Using Radar Data to Decipher How Well Landscapes Recover After Major Fires
Scientists are using radar data to decipher where and how well landscapes recover in the years after major fires. For the past few decades, scientists…
