Climatologists and wildfire experts agree that human-caused climate change is worsening wildfires. Hotter, drier and windier weather can make it easier for wildfires to start and continue burning.

Greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from burning coal, oil and gas, have heated the planet by about 1.3 degrees Celsius since ...

The latest science on the link between climate change and natural disasters — and how they may be playing out where you live.

Climate change in the Western U.S. means more intense and frequent wildfires churning out waves of smoke that scientists say will sweep across the continent, affecting tens of millions of people ...

It's all on us. The recent decadeslong surge in catastrophic wildfires in California is almost entirely due to climate change, a new study published Monday reports. “We show that nearly all of ...

A new government model to estimate peatland emissions and their impact on climate change could provide a new perspective on ...

HAYHOE: Since the 1980s, due to climate change, wildfires have burned over twice the area than they would have normally because, of course, you get wildfires out West. That's just part of life in ...

Europe has been experiencing dozens of extreme weather events in recent weeks, from blistering heatwaves to raging storms. ...

As Earth’s climate continues to change from heat-trapping gases spewed into the air, ever fewer people are out of reach from the billowing and deadly fingers of wildfire smoke, scientists say.

In the US, experience of flooding measured by proximity to the flooded area has been found to have a significant positive ...

Climate change fueled last year’s extreme wildfires — some more than others If emissions aren’t curbed, extreme wildfires could become six to 11 times more likely by the end of the century.