Electric vehicles are catching on across the US, but they’re also catching on fire in colder regions like the Northeast and Midwest.
Nearly a third of all moorland burning in Scotland occurs on peat soil – a vital carbon sink.
You may have seen contestants on reality shows like “Survivor” make fire using friction, but do you know the physics behind the process?
Flame retardants were developed to prevent house fires and help save lives. But they come with some serious health risks.
Adapting to our fiery future means preparing for the risks and not putting out every low-risk wildfire, writes the author of a new book on learning to live with fire.
Maui officials have asked relatives to provide DNA samples to help identify victims of the Lahaina wildfires. Time and exposure to the elements, however, can make DNA retrieval from remains difficult.
Climate change promotes ideal conditions for catastrophic fires, but the most drastic changes can still be avoided.
Fires in Canada have sent smoke across several US states, leaving cities like Denver with some of the worst air quality in the world – even far from the actual flames.
Signs of controlled fire use from Spain are at least 50,000 years older than previous evidence.
Over 50 fire ecologists across the Western U.S. took an unprecedented look at how forests in thousands of locations are recovering from fire in a changing climate. The results were alarming.
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