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Old forests, new fires, and a scientific standoff over active management

By John Cannon This is the second installment of Mongabay’s coverage of active management tools for forest fires. Read Part 1. Photographs of forests in the western U.S. from the mid-1800s show a ...
World Bank

Forest fires Are Spreading—and So Must Global Solutions

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 ...
The New York Times

Climate Change Is Making Fire Weather Worse for World’s Forests

Forest fires are on the rise globally. An increase in severe fire weather is largely responsible. By Rebecca Dzombak In 2023 and 2024, the hottest years on record, more than 78 million acres of ...
Science Daily

Fewer forest fires burn in North America today than in the past--and that's a bad thing

Research analyzed tree rings and fire scars to compare modern fires to those in the past Fewer wildfires burn in North American forests today than in previous centuries, increasing the risk of more ...
The New York Times

For 1st Time, Fires Are Biggest Threat to Forests’ Climate-Fighting Superpower

Forests play a major role pulling planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. As the world heats up, some forests are becoming emitters in their own right. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey and Harry ...
Mongabay

Fixing forests or fueling fires? Scientists split over active management

After years of questionable policies, climate change and growing populations, wildfires have gotten worse in the western U.S., and around the world. That’s driven a push to use tools like thinning and ...
Mongabay

Old forests, new fires, and a scientific standoff over active management

Humans have altered the forests of western North America markedly over the past several centuries. We’ve suppressed fire, harvested much of the old-growth trees, and built homes and communities within ...