The latest science on the link between climate change and natural disasters — and how they may be playing out where you live.

Climatologists and wildfire experts agree that human-caused climate change is worsening wildfires. Hotter, drier and windier weather can make it easier for wildfires to start and continue burning.

Ground slumping in yedoma permafrost after a wildfire, in the interior of Alaska. Yedoma permafrost generally contains large ...

Wildfires have spread across the planet for millennia, but they are increasing as the climate warms. Decimated forests, ...

The real question isn’t whether wildfires are caused by climate change, poor forestry or reckless development; it’s how climate change interacts with other factors.

Friday morning in Durango, I checked the Air Quality Index out of habit – only to find it at 108. That’s “unhealthy for sensitive groups,” according to EPA standards. But the truth is, at that level, ...

The very same federal government that is now blaming the problem of wildfires on climate change. Thirty-one percent of all forest land in America is owned by federal agencies, about 238 million acres.

Climate change has ratcheted up the risk of explosive wildfire growth in California by 25% and will continue to drive extreme fire behavior for decades to come, even if planet-warming emissions ...

Climate change is making fire season worse. Over the past five years, wildfires have torched more than 38 million acres across the country, destroying thousands of homes and structures.

Climate change is often blamed for the increase in the intensity and frequency of wildfires. Rising global temperatures dry out vegetation, making it more susceptible to catching fire.

Wildfires and climate change are locked in a vicious circle: Fires worsen climate change, and climate change worsens fires. Scientists, including those at the World Resources Institute, have been ...

FILE – A jogger runs along McCovey Cove outside Oracle Park in San Francisco, under darkened skies from wildfire smoke on Sept. 9, 2020. As Earth’s climate continues to change from heat ...