Greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from burning coal, oil and gas, have heated the planet by about 1.3 degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times. Europe has warmed at twice the global average since the ...

In 2023 and 2024, the hottest years on record, more than 78 million acres of forests burned around the globe. The fires sent ...

By Alison Withers, Kate Abnett and Simon Johnson COPENHAGEN/BRUSSELS/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Damage to European forests from ...

As the risk of fires increases due to climate change, the Greek government refuses to address the climate emergency or fund ...

As climate change is anticipated to increase the number and intensity of annual forest fires, the amount of iron deposited into oceans has been calculated to be 1.8 times greater than it is today.

Forest fires have historically been viewed as catastrophic events. Thanks to climate change, forest fires are now a threat for much longer periods of the year, rather than being limited to the ...

Fires could turn the Amazon rainforest into a desert as human activity and climate change threaten ‘lungs of the world’, according to scientsits. It’s been a bad year for the Amazon, which ...

The Creek Fire, in the Sierra National Forest in California, burned hundreds of thousands of acres in 2020. Its spread was fueled by many dead, dry trees; climate change contributed to both their ...

"It's not a forest that you can thin," he said. And even if you could, "the idea of thinning or cleaning in the face of a Santa Ana wind is a non-starter with these fires. This is just basic fire ...

Fire scientists say climate change, not forest management, is a driving factor behind the state’s fires becoming worse and more deadly.

And strong Santa Ana winds. In the mix of conditions that have contributed to the most destructive fires in L.A. history, scientists say one significant ingredient is human-caused climate change.

Wildfires are part of life in California. Climate change has not caused them, but it has altered everything, making the fires potentially more intense and deadly. Southern California has been ...