Northern wildfires can reshape climate for years, sometimes cooling the planet but also releasing carbon from thawing permafrost.

A team of researchers say that human-caused climate change had an important impact on the recent ferocious wildfires that engulfed parts of Chile and Argentina’s Patagonia region, making the extremely ...

The devastating wildfires in northern Canada in recent years have climate consequences that go far beyond smoke and carbon ...

Northern wildfires may be more dangerous for the climate than they appear. Researchers found that fires in boreal forests can burn deep into peat soils, releasing ancient carbon stored for hundreds or ...

As the climate warms, wildfire smoke could become far deadlier in the United States, with projections estimating up to 64,000 ...

Strong winds, warm weather, dry brush and a lack of rain: All of those factors and more came together to make L.A.’s January wildfires some of the worst on record. But were those conditions made worse ...

South America is a continent of extraordinary contrasts. Emerald rainforests sit next to scorching deserts, snow-capped ...

BEAVERCREEK, Ore. (AP) — With crews battling wildfires that have killed at least 35 people, destroyed neighborhoods and enveloped the West Coast in smoke, another fight has emerged: leaders in the ...

A new study that looked at wildfires around the world says climate change likely made L.A.'s January fires worse. The how is complicated. A number of factors: Strong winds, high temperatures and dry ...

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Fire disrupted United Nations climate talks in Brazil on Thursday, forcing evacuations of several buildings and delaying already sluggish negotiations by most of a day with no ...

The corporate media rushed to blame climate change for the Pacific Palisades fires that ravaged Los Angeles, California, in January, though it turned out the fires were caused by an arsonist. The ...