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Smoky skies from the northern California wildfires turn the sky a glowing orange in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Credit: Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images

As Wildfire Smoke Blots Out the Sun in Northern California, Many Ask: ‘Where Are the Birds?’

By Deborah Petersen

A firefighter douses flames as they push towards homes during the Creek fire in the Cascadel Woods area of unincorporated Madera County, California on September 7, 2020.

A Siege of 80 Large, Uncontained Wildfires Sweeps the Hot, Dry West

By Michael Kodas

China's paramilitary police officers evacuate a resident on a flooded street following heavy rain in Meishan in China's southwestern Sichuan province. Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images

10 Days of Climate Extremes: From Record Heat to Wildfires to the One-Two Punch of Hurricane Laura

By Bob Berwyn

A firefighter from Carpinteria monitors the huge plume from the out-of-control Apple fire along Bluff Street, north of Banning during the coronavirus pandemic on August 1, 2020 in Cherry Valley, California. Credit: Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Ge

The Fires May be in California, but the Smoke, and its Health Effects, Travel Across the Country

By Evelyn Nieves, Michael Kodas

A view of the site of the Hennessey Fire exploded Tuesday afternoon and nearly doubled in size in a matter of minutes, on August 19, 2020 in Vacaville, California. Credit: Neal Waters/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Paying for Extreme Weather: Wildfire, Hurricanes, Floods and Droughts Quadrupled in Cost Since 1980

By Bob Berwyn

A fire truck drives through flames as the Hennessey fire continues to rage out of control near Lake Berryessa in Napa, California on August 18, 2020. Credit: JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images

California and Colorado Fires May Be Part of a Climate-Driven Global Transformation of Wildfires

By Michael Kodas

A firetruck drives along a closed Interstate 80 as flames from the LNU Lightning Complex fire continue to spread in California on August 19, 2020.

‘Is This Real Life?’ A Wall of Fire Robs a Russian River Town of its Nonchalance

By Evelyn Nieves

Sam Gronseth. Credit: Anna Belle Peevey/InsideClimate News

American Climate Video: He Lost Almost Everything in the Camp Fire, Except a Chance Start Over.

By Katelyn Weisbrod

A view of a forest fire in central Yakutia from a helicopter. Credit: Yevgeny SofroneyevTASS via Getty Images

Scientists Attribute Record-Shattering Siberian Heat and Wildfires to Climate Change

By Bob Berwyn

American Climate Video: An Ode to Paradise Lost in California’s Most Destructive Wildfire

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Farm fields in southwestern Utah were dry in the weeks leading up to a statewide drought declaration in 2018. Credit: Judy Fahys/InsideClimate News

Drought Fears Take Hold in a Four Corners Region Already Beset by the Coronavirus Pandemic

By Judy Fahys

American Climate Video: A Maintenance Manager Made Sure Everyone Got Out of Apple Tree Village Alive

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Randy Larsen

American Climate Video: In Case of Wildfire, Save Things of Sentimental Value

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Wally and Judy Sipher. Credit: Anna Belle Peevey

American Climate Video: Her Brother Knew in His Heart She Hadn't Survived the Fire

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Fire crews work a wildfire in Sunshine Canyon on March 19, 2017 in Boulder, Colorado. Credit: RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images

For Emergency Personnel, Disaster Planning Must Now Factor in Covid-19

By Judy Fahys

American Climate Video: Fighting a Fire That Wouldn’t Be Corralled

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Daniel Hill. Credit: Anna Belle Peevey/InsideClimate News

American Climate Video: On a Normal-Seeming Morning, the Fire Suddenly at Their Doorstep

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Australia wildfires. Credit: Sam Mooy/Getty Images

A Warming Climate is Implicated in Australian Wildfires

By Bob Berwyn

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