Australia’s bushfires are fierce. Some can spread faster than a sprinting human. Here, a Bell UH-1 Huey fights the blaze. Water plunges from the sky. Smoke swirls. Heat rises. Every drop counts. This ...

The planet has seen a number of devastating fires in recent years. From California to Canada, Thailand, and Algeria, no part ...

Incredible homes rising from the ashes of some of Victoria’s worst bushfires have revealed the extraordinary extents survivors are going to for their happily ever after.

For years, Queensland authorities have been broadscale baiting fire ants. But the infestation is too big – and the baits wipe ...

The fire threat in Victoria's Upper Murray has eased, but the region's famously green, undulating hills still bear the black scars of a devastating bushfire.

Volcanoes and wildfires can inject millions of tons of gases and aerosol particles into the air, affecting temperatures on a global scale. But picking out the specific impact of individual events ...

In the aftermath of Australia’s “Black Summer” bushfires of 2019–20, few policy questions have proved as persistent as how, exactly, to live with fire on a warming continent. Governments promise ...

A man exits a vehicle during the South Obenchain wildfire near Butte Falls, Jackson County in 2020. PacifiCorp has agreed to pay $575 million in a settlement with the federal government over six ...

Unfortunately, wildfires have become an increasing problem, partly due to rising global temperatures linked to human activity. For example, warmer weather has led to more lightning storms that can ...

Since 2020, the federal government has filed multiple lawsuits against PacifiCorp over its role in wildfires that scorched Oregon and California.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – PacifiCorp is set to pay over half a billion dollars in a settlement claiming the company negligently started six wildfires in Oregon and California. The settlement is tied to ...