A major new study reveals that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from forest fires have surged by 60% globally since 2001, and almost tripled in some of the most climate-sensitive northern boreal ...

American forests in the West have burned bigger and more frequently since 1987, and climate change is a big reason.

Boreal forest fires usually make up 10% of global wildfire-related carbon pollution. But in 2021, their contribution soared to 23%, according to the study, as extreme drought and heatwaves in ...

Ground slumping in yedoma permafrost after a wildfire, in the interior of Alaska. Yedoma permafrost generally contains large ...

The country that hosts 10% of the planet's forest mass saw... El Mundo. The Arctic on fire, ... knocking on our doors so that no one would miss the latest plague of global warming: the Arctic on fire.

Carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires have surged 60% globally since 2001, as more and bigger blazes tore through fast-warming regions outside the tropics, according to a new study.

Even passing 1.5°C of global warming temporarily would trigger a “significant” risk of Amazon forest “dieback”, says a new ...

SAN DIEGO — Some scientists fear global warming could stoke ferocious wildland fires in parts of the world, disrupting fragile ecosystems and hampering efforts to protect communities.

Global forest loss surged to record levels in 2024, with wildfires destroying 6.7 million hectares of tropical primary forest – nearly double the previous year’s – according to new satellite ...

Science is essential for curbing global warming, forest loss, and biodiversity loss The assessment was made by Barbara Pompili, the French Ambassador for the Environment, at the opening of a forum ...