As wind-driven wildfires spread through the Los Angeles area in January 2025, fire-spotting technology and computer models ...
Researchers and fire experts have long recognized a clear relationship between invasive grasses and wildfires.
Chaparral, Calif.’s fire-adapted ecosystem, often goes overlooked. That is, except for when the high severity firestorms blaze through human communities. Chaparral was quickly lambasted during ...
Researchers have shown that plumes of wildfire smoke can carry contaminants hundreds of kilometers, leaving a toxic and ...
The devastation wrought by wildfires, such as the recent blazes in Los Angeles, may extend beyond physical and financial loss, by disrupting people’s sense of attachment to their ...
Burn marks left on trees show that fires occurred frequently in North America from 1750 to 1880, but they tended to be less severe than modern fires and may have even been beneficial to forests ...
On Wednesday, the picture grew more complex after Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law, requiring federal ... “It just adds more fuel to the fire of confusion,” Yolo County DA Jeff ...
Fire Danger Ratings are routinely issued by 5 pm daily during the fire season. Always ensure you have the latest forecast. Fire Danger Ratings are determined in conjunction with the Country Fire ...