Wildfires can benefit forests by clearing old debris, leaving behind fertilizer, and more. For over a century, the United States has poured billions of dollars into fire suppression tactics to keep ...

Climate change is driving more frequent and more intense wildfires around the world, including in the United States. These huge blazes cause a range of problems that affect health, the environment, ...

Firefighters were battling fast-spreading wildfires in California's wine country and central Oregon on Aug. 24 as hot, dry weather over the weekend increased the risk of wildfires across the western ...

WASHINGTON — Lightning will ignite more wildfires in the western United States in the coming decades as temperatures increase due to climate change, according to a new study that combined predictions ...

According to a new study, most climate models exploring wildfires’ impacts on air quality overlook the effect of heat from a fire in one location on altering weather patterns – and in turn air quality ...