Vasya Tremsin, a (then) high school senior from the San Francisco Bay Area, came up with a crazy idea for a science fair ...

Tuesday's report, too rapid for peer-review yet, found global warming boosted the likelihood of high fire weather conditions ...

Scientists say climate change has likely contributed to the unprecedented and devastating wildfires ravaging Southern California. One factor is the increasing amount of dry vegetation. It is fueling ...

A new report suggests that climate change-induced factors, like reduced rainfall, primed conditions for the Palisades and ...

Weather data show how humankind’s burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry, windy weather more likely, setting the stage for the Los Angeles wildfires.

The source of more than half of all wildfires in the Western US remains unknown, so the US Forest Service has teamed up with ...

Los Angeles is burning, but it isn't alone. In recent years, fires have blasted through cities in Colorado, the southern Appalachians and the island of Maui, along with Canada, Australia ...

Scientists on a research boat dozens of miles from the California coast saw ash and smoke from the L.A. wildfires — and fear ...

"A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior," the ...