High-severity fires burn 30 times more acreage than 40 years ago, researchers find

Forest fires now burn 10 times more acreage annually than in 1985, while wildfire severity has gotten even worse. In ...

Why setting forest fires on purpose prevents extreme blazes

The new research found managing low-severity fires across 1 million acres a year could reduce the amount of land that burned ...

Forest fire risk set to rise in Germany, especially in south and east

The danger of forest fires breaking out is set to rise across Germany in the coming days, particularly in the south and east, ...
Yahoo

FIRE IN THE FOREST: Carolina Forest wildfire hasn’t grown, four aircraft now on scene

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FIRE IN THE FOREST: Carolina Forest wildfire hasn’t grown, four aircraft now on scene HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Check here for ...
Nature

Trust-driven approach to enhance early forest fire detection using machine learning

Forest fires pose significant threats to both natural ecosystems and human communities due to their unpredictable nature and capacity for widespread destruction. Identifying and mitigating fires in ...

Analysing wildfire behaviour can help detect risk zones earlier and support fire‑smart strategies

Studying the scale and intensity of previous fires can help us to detect thermal hotspots earlier and support faster, smarter ...
Mongabay

Fixing forests or fueling fires? Scientists split over active management

After years of questionable policies, climate change and growing populations, wildfires have gotten worse in the western U.S., and around the world. That’s driven a push to use tools like thinning and ...
CBS News

Fire lab scientist says we're still not doing enough to prevent massive wildfires: "We're definitely part of the problem"

Carter Evans has served as a Los Angeles-based correspondent for CBS News since February 2013, reporting across all of the network's platforms. He joined CBS News with nearly 20 years of journalism ...