Wildfires
- Oct- 2021 -13 OctoberEurope
Invest in local disaster response: it saves lives and money | View
This summer the climate crisis moved to Europe’s front door and dominated its headlines. Up close and in real-time, we…
Read More » - 13 OctoberEurope
Local emergency declared as California battles devastating wildfires
A major Southern California highway remained closed Wednesday and evacuation orders were in place from a growing blaze driven by…
Read More » - Sep- 2021 -25 SeptemberScience
Valley Fever Is Spreading Through a Hotter, Drier Western US
Over the following decades, researchers would discover some important truths about valley fever. They found that it is endemic to…
Read More » - 17 SeptemberScience
What Is ‘Fire Weather,’ and Why Is It Getting Worse?
The map above visualizes when these three variables—temperature, humidity, and wind—combined to produce fire-weather days, shown as percent change since…
Read More » - 17 SeptemberEurope
Fire crews struggling to save California giant sequoias
Firefighters wrapped the base of the world’s largest tree in a fire-resistant blanket as they tried to save a famous…
Read More » - 13 SeptemberEurope
Spain deploys hundreds of soldiers to tackle blaze as thousands flee
Hundreds of soldiers were on Sunday deployed in Andalusia to help battle a major wildfire that has forced thousands to…
Read More » - 1 SeptemberScience
Fleeing Disaster Is Hard. Climate Change Is Making It Harder
(This is not to say that fire agencies like Calfire aren’t supremely good at what they do. The successful evacuation…
Read More » - 1 SeptemberEurope
Weather disasters have killed 2 million in the last 50 years, says UN
The number of extreme weather disasters driven by climate change has increased fivefold over the past 50 years, killing more…
Read More » - Aug- 2021 -25 AugustEurope
Russian wildfires have spread to central regions, warn officials
Wildfires fires in northern Russia have now spread to the central area of the country, authorities have warned. Firefighters were…
Read More » - 18 AugustEurope
Two dead as fight to control raging wildfire near Saint-Tropez goes on
Two people have been found dead as firefighters continue to tackle a raging wildfire in southern France. Thousands of people…
Read More »
