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forest fires

Massive forest fires can often result in a shifting of ecosystems, as regeneration becomes a more difficult task, especially in drier and warmer areas.

Forest fire surge may be blamed more by human touch than changing climates

Lifestyle

As forest fires become more common — in California, in particular — it has been easy to point to climate change and severe drought conditions as the main reasons. Researchers, though, say that the human element may play just as an important role to the troubling trend.

wildfires in portugal

Deadly wildfires ravage Portugal and Spain

Environment
CA fire

Wildfires in the American West blaze hotter, fiercer and longer than ever before

Environment
portugal fire

‘Road of hell’: 62 dead as forest fire spreads in Portugal

Global Politics
Boreal forest fire

In the ‘new North,’ forest fires are permanently altering the landscape

Environment
California wild fire

CalFire Chief Paul Duncan lost his home this weekend, but he helped his family to safety — by phone

Science

Paul Duncan has been a firefighter in California for years, and responded to countless emergencies. But this weekend, he had to deal with a crisis that hit close to home.