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Wildfires

Wildfire Smoke Chokes Eastern and Midwestern Cities as Air Pollution Soars to Dangerously High Levels

Heat waves fueled by climate change fueled more than 100 wildfires across Ontario and northern Minnesota.

By Phil McKenna, Keerti Gopal

People walk along Lake Michigan as smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets Chicago on Thursday. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images
Precipitation falls near the town of West Yellowstone, Mont., on May 16. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A Record-Warm Winter and Summer Heatwave Are Stoking Montana’s Wildfire Risk

By Mosabber Hossain

People take shelter in a cooling center in Portland, Ore., on June 27, 2021. Scientists have said the deadly 2021 heatwave in the Pacific Northwest would have been nearly impossible before human-caused global warming. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

As Climate Extremes Collide, Attribution Science Evolves

By Bob Berwyn

Cars and trucks move along the Cross Bronx Expressway, a notorious stretch of highway in New York City that is often choked with traffic. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

NYC Invests in Air Quality, but the Bronx Still Can’t Breathe Easy

By Lauren Dalban

The sign with Smokey Bear says, "Fire danger very high today! Prevent wildfires"

Large Fires Scorch Drought-Stricken Western U.S. 

By Kiley Price

Wildland firefighters stage on Baseline Road in Boulder, Colo., as a helicopter crew works to battle a fire near Chautauqua on Feb. 28. Credit: Matthew Jonas/MediaNews Group/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images

Three Wildland Firefighters Killed in Colorado Blaze

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Dead trees burned by a wildfire span across the Manti-La Sal National Forest near Moab, Utah, in 2022. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Across Ecosystems, Dead Organisms Help Shape the Living World

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Firefighters are barely visible as smoke from the Bain Fire fills the air on May 19 in Jurupa Valley, Calif. Credit: Gina Ferazzia/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Wildfires Are Reversing Years of US Air Quality Gains, Study Finds

By Avril Silva

A helicopter crew battles a wildfire near Kalispell, Mont., in August 2022. Credit: Don and Melinda Crawford/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Montana Officials Warn of Elevated Wildfire Risk From Increasing Drought, Heat and Wind

By Mosabber Hossain

People visit the Climate Action Campaign’s pop-up exhibit in Washington, D.C. Credit: Gabriel Matias Castilho/Inside Climate News

A New DC ‘Museum’ Raises Awareness About the Looming Consequences of Extreme Weather

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

A team with the New Mexico Reforestation Center monitors seedlings in Mora County. Credit: Courtesy of Pouli Sikelianos/NMHU

A ‘Reforestation Pipeline’ in New Mexico Trains Seedlings to Survive in Burn Scars

By Tina Deines

Firefighters work to contain the Hughes Fire as it burns on Jan. 22, 2025, in Castaic, Calif. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season

By Peter Aldhous

Firefighters work to combat a hotspot in the hills while the Sandy Fire continues to burn near a residential area on Wednesday in Simi Valley, Calif. Credit: Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images

As Wildfire Grows Near Ex-Nuclear Site, California County Sets Up Radiation Air Monitors

By Steven Rodas, Nina Dietz

A Forest Service firefighter uses a torch kit during a prescribed burn on March 5, 2025, at Letts Lake near Stonyford, Calif., in the Mendocino National Forest. Credit: Susan Knight-Ashley/USDA Forest Service

Prescribed Burns and Forest Thinning Averted Millions of Tons of Emissions and Billions in Damages

By Steven Rodas

Firefighters monitor the Sandy Fire as it burns close to a residential area on Monday in Simi Valley, Calif. Credit: Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images

Wildfire Crews Race to Keep Fierce California Blaze From Former Nuclear Reactor Site

By Steven Rodas, Nina Dietz

Flames rise over Belleville Township, N.J, as firefighters battle a 14-alarm blaze on May 3. Credit: Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images

After Snowy Winter Delays Prevention, New Jersey Faces Rising Wildfire Risk

By Anna Mattson

A field fire burns in Pará, Brazil, within the Amazon rainforest on June 16, 2025. Credit: Ivan Pisarenko/AFP via Getty Images

Amazon Deforestation at Eight-Year Low, Report Shows

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks at the annual state wildfire outlook briefing in Broomfield, Colo., on April 30. Credit: Drew Cavin/Colorado College Journalism Institute

Colorado Warns of Severe Fire Risk in Southwestern States. It May be Difficult to Share Resources.

By Colorado College Journalism Institute

Misty Cheng looks at flood damage to her home in Wrightwood, Calif., on Dec. 25, 2025. Credit: Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

As Climate Disasters Create an Insurance Crisis, a California Bill Seeks to Make Fossil Fuel Companies Pay

By Steven Rodas

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