Chaparral shrublands and strong winds are fueling the fast-moving fire.
Published Oct 13, 2021
Fires burned 8.4 million hectares in the eastern Russian republic.
Published Oct 8, 2021
Accumulating fuels and rising populations are contributing to California’s large, destructive fires.
Published Oct 5, 2021
Heat waves and droughts supercharged by climate change, a century of fire suppression, and fast-growing populations have made large, destructive fires more likely.
Published Oct 4, 2021
The KNP fire complex and Windy fire are threatening groves of giant sequoias and prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders.
Published Sep 24, 2021
In the midst of another brutal fire season, several of California’s natural treasures have also been threatened.
Published Sep 16, 2021
Wildfires in the western United States have been spreading to higher elevations due to warmer and drier conditions.
Published Sep 2, 2021
The Caldor fire, nearing the south end of Lake Tahoe, is one of many potent fires still burning at the end of August 2021.
Published Aug 31, 2021
Several destructive fires have charred landscapes in northern California, and their emissions are adding up.
Published Aug 20, 2021
A fast-moving fire burning in central Spain forced more than 1,000 people to evacuate.
Published Aug 17, 2021
More than 62,000 hectares have burned in the country this year, according to the European Forest Fire Information System.
Published Aug 11, 2021
Fires in the country have consumed five times as much land as they do in an average year.
Published Aug 11, 2021
Wildfires are approaching records for estimated carbon emissions.
Published Aug 9, 2021
The largest fire currently burning in the United States continues to produce enormous plumes of smoke.
Published Aug 6, 2021Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
More land area in Turkey has been consumed by fire already this year than usually burns in an entire year.
Published Aug 3, 2021
For decades, scientists have been tracking extreme thunderstorms created by wildfires. However, the ferocity of the storms that have popped up in Canada in 2021 has surprised them.
Published Jul 29, 2021
The largest fire in California in 2021 has been burning for two weeks near the city of Chico and Lassen National Forest.
Published Jul 27, 2021
Skies turned hazy from Pittsburgh to Washington to Boston, as smoke from fires in Canada poured into the U.S. Northeast.
Published Jul 21, 2021Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
Hot, dry, and windy conditions continue to fan the flames of the largest fire currently burning in the United States.
Published Jul 19, 2021
Smoke from Ontario, Canada, has blown south into the United States.
Published Jul 12, 2021
The extraordinary heatwave that scorched the Pacific Northwest in June 2021 has diminished, but substantial fires continued to burn across the region in July.
Published Jul 9, 2021
Large, smoky fires are raging through forests in northeastern Russia.
Published Jul 6, 2021
More than 40 wildfires were burning across the Canadian province by the end of June 2021, including a cluster of substantial blazes located about 200 kilometers northeast of Vancouver.
Published Jul 1, 2021
Hot, dry weather has parched vegetation and turned the state into a tinderbox.
Published Jun 22, 2021
Canada’s Manitoba Province jumped right from winter ice to summer fires.
Published May 21, 2021
Numerous fires have filled skies with smoke, causing air quality issues in Omsk.
Published Apr 28, 2021
Many farmers in northeastern China and eastern Russia use fire to clear fields and get them ready for planting.
Published Apr 23, 2021Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
