Wildfires are releasing a "witches' brew" of pollutants that can end up wrecking air quality a continent away from the blaze, the UN's weather and climate agency said Friday.
Environment
Sep 5, 2025
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The extremely hot, dry and windy conditions, which fueled one of the Iberian Peninsula's most destructive wildfire seasons in recorded history, were 40 times more likely due to climate change, according to a study released ...
Environment
Sep 4, 2025
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A badly burned tortoise that survived a Greek wildfire wriggles in an Athens animal clinic despite lots of painkillers, one of the latest victims of climate change that is playing havoc with the country's wildlife.
Ecology
Sep 3, 2025
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Since January's wildfires flattened entire neighborhoods in Los Angeles, displacing 12,900 households and causing an estimated $30 billion in losses, California's many other fire-prone communities have been eager for solutions ...
Environment
Aug 28, 2025
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Global air pollution is worsening, with the United States and Canada experiencing the sharpest increases due to record-breaking, climate-supercharged wildfires that are undoing decades of progress, a study said Thursday.
Environment
Aug 28, 2025
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Climate change that has driven scorching temperatures and dwindling rainfall made massive wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus this summer burn much more fiercely, said a new study released Thursday.
Environment
Aug 28, 2025
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The Northwest can expect a widespread increase in days with cloud-to-ground lightning in the years to come, along with heightened wildfire risk, according to projections made with a unique machine-learning approach developed ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 26, 2025
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Nearly 1,000 firefighters remained mobilized Monday in central Portugal to prevent flare-ups of what authorities said was the biggest forest fire the country has seen—ravaging an area more than 10 times bigger than Manhattan ...
Environment
Aug 25, 2025
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In the battle to manage wildfires, experts often turn to advanced technologies and evolving techniques for help, but could the next breakthrough in fire management be found right under their feet?
Ecology
Aug 25, 2025
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An international research team, including experts from the Ecological-Botanical Garden (ÖBG) at the University of Bayreuth, has demonstrated in a new study that native tree species in Argentina grow at a similar rate to introduced ...
Ecology
Aug 25, 2025
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