Tag: wildfires
A case for retreat in the age of fire
Emily E. Schlickman, University of California, Davis; Brett Milligan, University of California, Davis, and Stephen M. Wheeler, University of California, Davis
Alaska on fire: Thousands of lightning strikes and a warming climate...
Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Alaska is on pace for another historic wildfire year, with its fastest start...
Climate change is putting food safety at risk more often, and...
Elena N. Naumova, Tufts University
Every year, almost 1 in 6 Americans gets a foodborne illness, and about 3,000...
Trees aren’t a climate change cure-all – 2 new studies on...
William R.L. Anderegg, University of Utah
When people talk about ways to slow climate change, they often mention trees,...
The Southwest is on fire, iconic deserts and towns are at...
Molly Hunter, University of Arizona
New Mexico and Arizona are facing a dangerously early fire season. It has left...
US Climate risks are rising – a scientist looks at the...
Erica A.H. Smithwick, Penn State
When I was a young researcher studying how forested ecosystems recover from wildfire, I...
How a hurricane fueled wildfires in the Florida Panhandle
David Godwin, University of Florida
The wildfires that broke out in the Florida Panhandle in early March 2022 were...
2021’s climate disasters revealed an east-west weather divide, with one side...
Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton
Alongside a lingering global pandemic, the year 2021 was filled with climate disasters, some...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
