In 2019 and again in 2021, Penn State researchers in the Department of Geography walked a series of 1,000 square foot plots ...

U.S. Forest Service firefighters work on containing the Eaton fire, a wildfire that burned 14,000 acres in Los Angeles County in January. (Photo by Jeremy Lindenfeld/Capital & Main) This article was ...

Two lightning-sparked wildfires are burning in Louisiana's Kisatchie National Forest. The fires, totaling approximately 23 acres, are located near the Longleaf Scenic Byway. Closures include the ...

Across the western U.S., wildfires are becoming larger and more severe—and even trees that initially survive are dying in subsequent years, making it harder for forests to regenerate, according to new ...

Recent data from the University of Maryland show the tropics lost 6.7 million hectares (16.6 million acres) of primary rainforest in 2024 — nearly double the loss of 2023 and the highest on record.

This opinion piece was originally published in Turkish in Nasil bir Ekonomi Daily. From Canada to Kazakhstan, Algeria to Australia, and Türkiye to Thailand, forest fires are raging with unprecedented ...