Science Aug 06 Poll shows how extreme heat is changing Americans' lives By Alexa St. John, Linley Sanders, Associated Press
World Aug 05 British Columbia is logging its last old-growth forests. Protesters are sleeping in the road to stop it Trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour. By Annika Hammerschlag, Associated Press
Science Aug 04 Watch 4:32 How satellites and AI cameras are detecting wildfires before they get out of control This year is becoming one of the worst for U.S. wildfires in at least a decade. There have been more fires and more acreage burned at this point in the year compared to any in the last ten. With fire… By Ben Tracy
Nation Aug 03 Watch 3:08 Wildfires destroy hundreds of buildings, displace tens of thousands in Washington state Firefighters are battling a series of blazes that began this weekend in Washington state and are continuing to burn in and around Spokane, the state’s second most populous city. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced and hundreds of… By Andrew Merlis, Ryan Connelly Holmes
World Aug 03 Europe's hot, dry summer takes its toll with fires in France and Greece, and drought in the UK Wildfires west of Athens jumped containment lines, a day after a midair collision between two helicopters killed two crew members. By Derek Gatopoulos, Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press
Aug 03 Washington state fires destroy hundreds of structures and force Spokane-area residents to evacuate By John Hanna, Lindsey Wasson, Associated Press Light winds and lower temperatures are in the forecast to help firefighters with wildfires in eastern Washington state that have forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area. Continue reading
Jul 31 Human-caused climate change made Spanish, French fires much more likely, scientists calculate By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Climate change's fingerprints are all over the extreme fire weather that sparked this week's devastating wildfires in Spain and France and has spiked Southern Europe's burning the past eight years, two new studies conclude. Continue reading
Jul 31 The Mediterranean's warming waters are drawing hundreds of invasive species By Silvia Stellacci, Menelaos Hadjicostis, Associated Press Scientists say climate change, caused mainly by burning oil, coal and gas, is making the Mediterranean Sea hotter, bringing hundreds of new and invasive fish species that decimate indigenous populations. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch 6:58 Climate-fueled wildfires in Europe push emergency response to the limit By Amna Nawaz, Karina Cuevas, Katie Marlow Crews are battling to control wildfires that have spread rapidly across parts of Europe, forcing the evacuation of more than 330,000 people in France, Spain and Portugal. Fifteen deaths have been reported and nearly half a million acres have burned. Continue watching
Jul 29 2 firefighters die in a wildfire on the southern Greek island of Crete By Thomas Adamson, Mark Carlson, Emma Da Silva, Associated Press The flames were being fanned by strong winds in the area, which were hampering firefighting efforts. Continue reading