READING, Pa. - As wildfires rage across parts of California, local wildfire crews weigh in on the difficult conditions involved with battling these types of fast-moving fires. "It's just forces that ...

A research team led by the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) has published a foundational inventory of emissions produced by structures destroyed by ...

A Purdue University digital forestry team has created a computational tool to obtain and analyze urban tree inventories on ...

With no snow cover, the idea of a catastrophic fire is on a lot of minds in Colorado's foothills.

The model will use data collected on individual homes and buildings throughout the Aspen area, as well as wild landscapes, to depict the effects of smoke, the path of flames, and chokepoints for ...

Brought to the United States as an ornamental porch decoration, the kudzu vine has reshaped itself into ladder fuel for wildfires.

As dry conditions weaken trees and mountain pine beetles take hold, impacts could range from recreation danger to wildfire risk.