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PublishedJune 6, 2023
Canada wildfires are leading to air-quality alerts in U.S. Here’s how to stay safe
U.S. officials say hazy skies, reduced visibility and the odor of burning wood are likely, and that the smoke will linger for a few days in New England.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2023
UMF professor and team receive grant from NASA
Dr. Andrew Barton, Professor of Biology at the University of Maine at Farmington, and his team of scientists will be trekking the Arizona ponderosa pine forest to monitor its ecosystems and compare their data to NASA's ECOSTRESS, a thermal instrument on the International Space Station.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2022
Crews box in Colorado wildfire as investigators seek cause
The blaze between Denver and Boulder started Dec. 30 during a months-long drought.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2021
Colorado wildfires burn hundreds of homes, force evacuations
Ten of thousands of people were evacuated as intense fires swept across the region, fueled by wind gusts up to 105 mph.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2021
California wildfires this year torched thousands of giant sequoia trees
Intense fires that burned hot enough and high enough to kill so many giant sequoias – trees once considered nearly fire-proof – puts an exclamation point on the impact of climate change.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2021
Threatened by climate change, a California winemaker switches to carbon farming
Robin Lail hopes more vineyards join her.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2021
How years of fighting every wildfire helped fuel the Western megafires of today
More than 40 fire scientists and forest ecologists in the US and Canada teamed up to investigate why wildfires are getting more extreme. Climate change is part of the problem, but there’s more.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2021
Record-breaking California fire grows; Montana blaze threatens towns
Some 100 large blazes are burning across 15 states with historic drought conditions.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2021
Siberia endures ‘nasty burning’ amid worst fire season in decades
The blazes are emitting record amounts of carbon while their smoke transits the North Pole.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2021
Fire devours Greek island’s forests; residents urged to flee
Firefighter managed to stop flames from moving further into a village, but many say there was a delayed response by government officials and lack of aid.
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