A new online platform could help communities detect a need for preventative fire management, with the goal of reducing ...

Cal Fire has awarded grants to support 15 scientific research studies to better understand certain vegetation types and uses ...

Wildfires are becoming more intense and dangerous, but a new Stanford-led study offers hope: prescribed burns—intentionally ...

Ornithologists are seeking volunteers in California, Oregon and Washington for Project Phoenix, a multiyear project exploring ...

Eastern Australia is one of the most fire-prone regions in the world, with bushfires responsible for the deaths of about 800 ...

Earlier in 2025, wildfires in southern California killed 30 people, destroyed more than 18,000 homes and burned more than ...

FireSat is the first in a proposed constellation of more than 50 satellites that Muon Space hopes to use to monitor and ...

Landscapes have burned throughout history, but the proliferation of larger, more destructive fires forces a reckoning with ...

NPR's science podcast Short Wave shares how taking a nap can deliver a eureka moment, a new picture of a planet right after it was born, and how wildfires can affect water quality – after the fires ...

An analysis of 500 watersheds found levels of organic carbon, phosphorus, and other pollutants up to 103 times higher after a ...

Both suppression and risk reduction are necessary Each year, Oregon braces for wildfire season. And each year, we spend tens ...

Gusty winds and dry humidity in the afternoon will create conditions for fast-spreading grass fires, the NWS said.