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wildfires

How an obscure atmospheric phenomenon causes catastrophic flooding in California

By Chad Small | Climate Change

Climate change brings more work, more risk for wildfire workers

By Chad Small | Climate Change

trees under clouds in the Amazon rainforest

Experts fear drought and wildfires will push Amazon to irreversible tipping point

By Jonathan Watts | Climate Change

Logging detritus with misty forest in the background

Managed to death: How Canada turned its forests into a carbon bomb

By Barry Saxifrage | Climate Change

Who should pay for wildfire prevention?

By Jake Bittle | Climate Change

a ferry passes under bridge

Wildfires push air quality in East Coast cities almost off the charts

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

a sliver of river reflecting the sunset surrounded by shadow

The Rio Grande in crisis

By Jim Robbins | Climate Change

we'll die of climate change sign

The nine best climate stories of the year

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

Large tree trunk and trees in snow

O redwood tree, o redwood tree, can tree genetics save thee?

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

firefighter silhouette

California’s inmate firefighters turn pro?

By Joseph Winters | Analysis

Hampton Roads. (Photo by Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA.)

Sea level rise and beyond: Is the US military prepared for climate change?

By Joan VanDervort | Analysis, Climate Change

The Alaska National Guard has been used to fight extensive Alaskan wildfires. (Photo by Sherman Hogue/Fort Wainwright Public Affairs Office.)

Brian Brettschneider: How climate change has already arrived in the Arctic

By John Krzyzaniak | Climate Change, Interviews