Amazon fires: Why is the rainforest burning?

The Amazon has been on fire for the last three weeks. And those blazes — they’re actually visible from space — have resulted in widespread outrage and alarm among lawmakers, environmental activists, and celebrities. This year, the number of fires … Read More

Russia has declared a state of emergency over Siberian wildfires

A view of a wildfire seen from an amphibious aircraft – TASS via Getty Russia has declared a state of emergency in five regions in Siberia after a million people signed petitions demanding that the government does something about the … Read More

Europe’s historic heat wave crushed more records this weekend, but it’s finally easing

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Eight countries saw their highest June temperatures in recorded history People play as they bathe in a fountain in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Friday. (Zakaria Abdelkafi/AFP/Getty Images) The second pulse of a historic heat wave scorched … Read More

Wildfires rage across France, Spain as heatwave grips Europe

Wildfires engulf parts of Europe as record-breaking temperatures stifle life across the continent. Hundreds of firefighters battled to contain flames in southern France. In the Gard region, scores of fires burned some 600 hectares of land and destroyed several houses … Read More

California May Go Dark This Summer, and Most Aren’t Ready

Guests watch a show near a statue of Walt Disney and Micky Mouse in front of the Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Jan. 9, 2019. (John Raoux/AP Photo) A … Read More

Chile Declares State of Catastrophe Due to Wildfires

Santiago de Chile, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) Chilean President Sebastián Piñera declared on Tuesday a ”State of Constitutional Exception” in the southern regions of La Araucanía, Biobío and Los Ríos, as a result of the forest fires that devastate those … Read More

California’s Camp Fire now 100 percent contained, officials say

The most destructive and deadly wildland inferno in California history has been fully wrangled into submission by firefighters, who have been battling the ferocious blaze for 18 days, authorities announced on Sunday. The catastrophic Camp Fire in Northern California’s Butte County that … Read More

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