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

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As climate change warms the Arctic, plucky beavers have followed onto willow-dotted tundra. In New York City, beavers have recolonized the Bronx River and Staten Island; in Seattle, they occupy 86 ...

Building new housing is a priority across the state, especially in fire ravaged areas of Southern California. But now a growing number of environmental groups say they want to make sure that future ...

The Creek Fire burned from Sept. 4 to Dec. 24, 2020, becoming the single largest wildfire in California history, burning nearly 380,000 acres and destroying 856 structures.

In Oregon, climate change was responsible for 36 percent of smoke-related deaths. In California, that figure was 25 percent, and in Washington it was 27 percent.

Megafires were once considered a rare phenomenon, but in recent years, they have become increasingly common and are lasting ...

California is looking to Alabama’s grant program for wind-proofing roofs for hurricanes, which was approved in 2012. Fowler said the state had 300 grants available in 2016, but about 200,000 ...

Southern California Edison has announced it will create a fund to compensate victims of January’s devastating Eaton Fire near Los Angeles ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to tap at least $2.5 billion from the state’s climate fund to pay for state firefighting crews and the long-troubled high-speed rail project. In his budget ...

Insurance costs are soaring, and coverage is hard to find in some parts of the United States. Communities say insurers are ignoring their efforts to confront the problem.

Over a full 50 year period, our change in fire weather days for east central Minnesota looks nearly flat (officially +1 more fire weather day per year). Climate Central ...