Extreme weather is a threat to the UK’s electricity system – and climate change is likely to make it even worse.
Smouldering fire in a drained peatland near Fort McMurray, Alta. produces smoke from underground. These ecosystems are affected by rising temperatures, drought, wildfire and various human actions including drainage.
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Over 50 fire ecologists across the Western U.S. took an unprecedented look at how forests in thousands of locations are recovering from fire in a changing climate. The results were alarming.
Smoke from huge wildfires in Siberia is visible from space.
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A monster hurricane, destructive storms and a drought that disrupted businesses across the economy led the list of the year’s costliest disasters.
Heavy rainfall from an atmospheric river triggered mudslides in the Los Angeles area on Jan. 9, 2023.
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Noxious smells and blowing ash initially made the homes unlivable. But even after their homes were cleaned, some residents still reported health effects months later.
Rain and fast snowmelt sent the Yellowstone River and nearby streams raging beyond their banks in June 2022.
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Millions of people around the world suffered through deadly flooding and long-lasting heat waves in 2022. A climate scientist explains the rising risks.
Donkeys allow herders to travel further in the rocky terrain of southern Tunisia.
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Brown carbon refers to a range of pollutants found in smoke from wildfires. They can contribute to global warming before they undergo a process that alters their chemical properties.
Shrubs and grasses growing in this post-fire forest offer abundant food for deer.
Sarah Bassing
Wildfires are remaking western US forests. Decisions about managing forests that have burned should factor in how fires change animal behavior and interactions between predators and prey.
The growing instances of intensifying wildfires suggest that we have yet to learn to live with the fires.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Wildfire Specialist at the University of California Cooperative Extension; Adjunct Professor Bren School of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Professor of Civil, Environmental & Ecological Engineering, Director of the Healthy Plumbing Consortium and Center for Plumbing Safety, Purdue University