Whether they burn down or not, the dead fronds that hang onto palm trees and the peeling bark of the eucalyptus can become fiery embers carried in the wind across miles like deadly missiles ...

Yes, the L.A. blazes were worsened by climate change, say Australian bushfire experts. But that doesn’t mean people are ...

Associate Professor Rachael Nolan at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney University said the main reason Eucalyptus was so flammable was the “detachable bark”, which ...

“Protecting your home from flames and embers is key to it not burning down,” said Teryl Ciarlo, founder of Teryl Designs Landscaping in Pacific Palisades, where one of the most damaging fires hit and ...

As Los Angeles recovers from its devastating wildfires, environmental engineers, urban planners and natural disaster experts ...

Western Australian authorities say the planned burn was carried out east of the Valley of the Giants precinct to protect ...

There are plenty of examples these days of public buildings where architects have incorporated living trees into the plan. It ...

Something as innocent as spreading woodchips on flowerbeds or piling firewood by a back wall can be calamitous when burning leaves and bark are floating ... oil-rich native eucalyptus are ...

The eucalyptus trees that dominate native vegetation are infused with a volatile oil that’s highly flammable and their dried-out bark and leaves form a blanket of fuel on forest floors.

Similarly, the peeling bark on LA's ubiquitous eucalyptus trees can have the same effect. Although there's been debate over whether to banish the trees in Los Angeles, UCLA Professor Stephanie Pincetl ...

Footage taken inside the shows scorched trunks of protected karri and tingle eucalyptus trees lying broken ... because of their shallow roots, fibrous bark, burls and gnarls, and each fire ...