Firefighters have contained 60% of a New Jersey wildfire that spread over 5,000 acres in the Wharton State Forest Saturday, June 14.

Brazil is often at the forefront of forest fire discussions, particularly due to the Amazon rainforest, which is crucial for global biodiversity and carbon storage. In 2023, Brazil reported a ...

As of Wednesday morning, the most recent update from the New Jersey Forest Fire Service says that the fire has burned 2,283 acres in New Jersey, about 3,500 overall, and is 30% contained.

Brazil topped the world last year in forest fires ... ranking of fires, being responsible for 40% of the loss of forests that turned to ash. This marks a drastic change from recent years, when ...

Firefighters are nearing full containment of the Byers Fire, which is burning over a hundred acres between the communities of ...

Officials from Nevada to New Jersey to Utah and beyond are scrambling to take stock of President Donald Trump’s cuts to the U.S. Forest Service ... exacerbated fires in recent decades ...

“These most recent heat waves are coming on top of ... A 2016 study found that over 70 percent of the area burned in forest fires between 1970 and 2012 occurred in years where the winter snows ...

The Trout and Long fires have burned a combined 24,610 acres in the Sequoia National Forest, according to fire ... have been forecast for July 22. The most probable areas to see rainfall are ...

Some regions are experiencing more days with extreme fire conditions ... of the continent's most important ecosystems -- such as the Amazon rainforest and the Gran Chaco forest -- in grave ...

Global carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires increase by 60 percent Date: October 17, 2024 Source: University of East Anglia Summary: A major new study reveals that carbon dioxide emissions ...

This includes what appears to be the state’s largest logging project in recent ... from Forest Service studies) finds “fuel reduction” logging not only ineffective at stopping fires ...