An analysis of peatland soil samples and satellite images has found that wildfires on Alaska's North Slope are more frequent and severe now than they were at any point over the past 3,000 years.

The Winding Stairs Alpha Fire in Nantahala National Forest has grown to 230 acres with 90% containment, the U.S. Forest ...

The blazes that tore through Chile’s Biobio and Ñuble regions in mid-January killed 23 people, destroyed over 1,000 houses and other structures and forced tens of thousands of people to flee their ...

U.S. Forest Service (USFS) crews are assisting firefighters in containing a wildfire that started in the Nantahala National ...

Firefighters are battling a blaze in the Nantahala National Forest that has grown to 100 acres, the U.S. Forest Service announced Feb. 10.

As early as 2021, government officials were alerted to the presence of potentially dangerous chemicals known as PFAS in pants ...

The boreal forest—the world's largest terrestrial biome—is warming faster than any other forest type. To understand the ...

Declining snowpack can affect everything from municipal water systems and agriculture to lake levels, shipping and wildfire ...

Major snowpack deficits could set the stage for widespread water scarcity and heightened wildfire risk across the American ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed California to use a new voter-approved congressional map that is favorable to Democrats in this year’s elections, rejecting a last-ditch ...

NASA’s IMAP spacecraft studies charged particles, energetic neutral atoms, and magnetic fields at the heliosphere’s boundaries, providing real-time space weather data for Earth and spacecraft.

A team of NASA scientists deployed on an international mission designed to better understand severe winter storms. The North American Upstream Feature-Resolving and Tropopause Uncertainty ...