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What If Indigenous Women Ran Controlled Burns?

B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster / High Country News Jan 3, 2023 Fire management is predominantly white and around 90% male, but the Kiruk Tribe in California is challenging the status quo. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Inferno

Jane Braxton Little / TomDispatch Dec 13, 2022 Burning longer and hotter, and occurring more regularly, forest fires will spare few parts of the world as climate change accelerates. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Last Act of the Human Comedy

Chris Hedges / Truthdig and Mr. Fish Sep 2, 2019 The pattern of collapsing civilizations is not new. What is new is that this time there is no way out. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Climate Change Has Doubled the Number of U.S. Forest Fires per Year Since 1980

By Paul Brown / Climate News Network Oct 12, 2016 A new study finds that man-made global warming is the root cause of a relentless increase in wildfires in the western part of the country. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How to Stop Capitalism’s Deadly War With Nature

Paul Street / Truthdig Sep 14, 2016 It's not humanity alone that threatens life on earth. The bigger culprit is an economic and political system that relies on endless global appropriation of cheap food, energy, raw materials and labor. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Climate Change and Potential New Laws Fan Brazil’s Forest Fires

By Jan Rocha / Climate News Network Jan 15, 2016 New legislation planned in Brazil will encourage deforestation -- despite serious drought already contributing to a big increase in fires destroying vast areas of forest. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Risk of New Katrinas Rises as Climate Warms

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Sep 2, 2015 Climate change may drastically increase the risk of simultaneous cyclones and storm surges striking populous coastlines around the world. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Braces for Even Worse Wildfire Season

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network May 3, 2015 Years of drought and higher temperatures mean the chance of devastating wildfires in the southwest U.S. is higher than ever -- particularly in southern California. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Could Drones Put Out Forest Fires With This Sound Wave Device?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 28, 2015 George Mason University engineering seniors Viet Tran and Seth Robertson have discovered a way to extinguish flames with low-frequency sound. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

California Burning Points to More Intense Wildfires

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Sep 28, 2014 As the forest fires season peaks in the Western U.S., a new report predicts that climate-led temperature rise will lead to millions more acres across the world being burned to the ground. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

El Niño Blows Hot and Cold

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 26, 2014 Analysis of historic data about the mysterious El Niño, which periodically unleashes devastating weather, reveals that it has a bad local side and an even worse global side -- and another may be on its way. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Alaska’s Forest Fires Burn More Fiercely

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jul 27, 2013 Recent fires in the forests of Alaska have been the worst in 10,000 years, and they could happen more frequently elsewhere in the world. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )