Wildfires

Increasingly Large and Intense Wildfires Hinder Western Forests’ Ability to Regenerate

A new study suggests that reducing forest fire severity in the next few decades could make all the difference for future generations of trees in the West.

By Bob Berwyn

Global Wildfire Activity to Surge in Coming Years

By Bob Berwyn

Colorado’s Suburban Firestorm Shows the Threat of Climate-Driven Wildfires is Moving Into Unusual Seasons and Landscapes

By Bob Berwyn

The Year in Climate Photos

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Dangerous Air: As California Burns, America Breathes Toxic Smoke

By Alison Saldanha, Farida Jhabvala Romero, Caleigh Wells and Aaron Glantz

Fires Fuel New Risks to California Farmworkers

By Liza Gross

Farming Without a Net

By Liza Gross

Europe Seeks Solutions as it Grapples With Catastrophic Wildfires

By Anna Gross, Daniel Dombey and Eleni Varvitsioti, ​​Financial Times

A Warming Planet Makes Northeastern Forests More Susceptible to Western-Style Wildfires

By Ilana Cohen

Vintners and Farmers Are Breathing Easier After the Demise of Proposition 15, a ‘Headache’ at Best

By Evelyn Nieves

Clouds of Concern Linger as Wildfires Drag into Flu Season and Covid Numbers Swell

By Judy Fahys

The Biggest Threat to Growing Marijuana in California Used to Be the Law. Now, it’s Climate Change

By Evelyn Nieves

Battered, Flooded and Submerged: Many Superfund Sites are Dangerously Threatened by Climate Change

By DAVID HASEMYER, INSIDECLIMATE NEWS, AND LISE OLSEN, TEXAS OBSERVER

The Society of Professional Journalists Recognizes “American Climate” for Distinguished Reporting

By Vernon Loeb

Senate 2020: In Colorado, Where Climate Matters, Hickenlooper is Favored to Unseat Gardner

By Judy Fahys

Smoke From Western Wildfires Darkens the Skies of the East Coast and Europe

By Ilana Cohen

A Most ‘Sustainable’ Vineyard in a ‘Completely Unsustainable’ Year

By Evelyn Nieves

Text: Joe Biden on Climate Change, ‘a Global Crisis That Requires American Leadership’

Biden Puts Climate Change at Center of Presidential Campaign, Calling Trump a ‘Climate Arsonist’

By Marianne Lavelle