In recent decades, wildfires have gotten larger and more intense, and community-destroying blazes are an increasingly common ...

Scientists analyzed 1,850 tree-ring records in historically burned areas and compared them to maps documenting the perimeters of modern fires across Canada and the United States. The findings show ...

It actually experiences a growth spurt—with new cells growing between the previous year's tree ring and the tree's bark. The cells that grow during this initial period are large. As the season ...