Wildfires donât just burn farmland â they can contaminate the water farmers use to irrigate crops and support livestock
With the US averaging over 60,000 wildfires each year, they have clearly become a whole-of-society problem.
With the US averaging over 60,000 wildfires each year, they have clearly become a whole-of-society problem.
Fire-produced thunderstorms are much more common than anyone realized just a few years ago.
The evidence underscores the urgency of addressing the root causes of worsening wildfire activity, such as climate change.
An updated online tool allows towns and counties to get a sense of their wildfire risk without having to pay ...
About 140 million Americans were under National Weather Service extreme heat advisories, watches and warnings Wednesday.
More than 6 million US homeowners donât have homeowners insurance, according to the Consumer Federation of America.
Challenges in insurance markets connected to climate-related disasters are likely just a taste of whatâs to come.
Resistance to prescribed burns puts Floridians at risk as climate change exacerbates the likelihood of severe wildfires.
As Florida faces an increased threat of hurricanes, heat waves and flooding, insurers have dropped plans or raised prices
Too often, the creeping incursion of new development brings a slowing or halt to prescribed burning.
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