In communities across America, people recovering from floods, storms and wildfires have been left waiting much longer for federal aid – if it arrives at all.
As California reels from another devastating fire season, environmental resource scholars explain how the state – and other fire-prone areas – can better prepare and coexist with wildfires.
Dry, windy conditions have fueled destructive wildfires in Texas, Florida and other states in 2022. Understanding these terms can help people in fire-risk areas prepare.
Thousands of chemical compounds in wildfire smoke are interacting with each other and sunlight as the smoke travels. For people downwind, it can become more toxic over time.
For more than 800 years, frequent cultural burning kept this land as stable, open woodland.
Roofs, windows and siding all affect how vulnerable a home is and how likely it is to survive a wildfire. So does what’s around it in the ‘home ignition zone.’
As climate-related hazards become more frequent and severe, protecting our health will require moving beyond warnings toward prevention.
Research shows that wildfires are causing more debris, sediment and chemicals to enter waterways, harming fish and other aquatic life.
How climate change and other human actions have combined to create conditions for explosive wildfires in California, Oregon and Washington state.
Wildfires disproportionately impact Indigenous communities. Over the last four decades, 42 per cent of wildfire evacuations across Canada have been of Indigenous communities.
