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US forests will begin emitting more carbon than they store by 2070, USDA report warns
The US Department of Agriculture has found that by 2070, forests in the country will begin to relea…
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World's largest forest ecosystem turns net-emitter from carbon sink due to extreme wildfires
The vast boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere stretch from Scandinavia through Siberia, Alaska…
PTI
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Orcas in Alaska are stealing fish right from the lines and the new behavior seems to be killing them
Alaskan orcas recently started lingering near fishing boats and feeding near their fishing nets, a …
Marianne Guenot
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Alaska Airlines is suspending flights to cities in Oregon and Washington as wildfires continue to choke the Northwest
Alaska Airlines said it could would cancel flights to Portland, Spokane, and other airports in Oreg…
David Slotnick
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Wildfires are burning from the the Amazon to the Arctic — Here's why you should be worried
The Amazon rainforest has been dubbed the ‘lungs of the planet’ since its innate vastness …
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Photos from space show 11,000 beavers are wreaking havoc on the Alaskan tundra as savagely as wildfire
Beavers love the warming Arctic, so they're re-landscaping it. Their dams change Alaska's lakes and…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Body found in a barrel at Lake Mead is the tip of the iceberg. Forensic anthropologists are now recovering human remains following droughts, sea-level rise, and wildfires.
Forensic anthropologists expect to see more human remains unveiled by receding water and ice. They'…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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The wildfires currently raging in the US have burned a combined area bigger than Delaware
Fires in 13 states have collectively burned 2,104 square miles of land, destroying an area larger t…
Kelly McLaughlin
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We followed firefighters in Oregon to see how they battle some of the largest wildfires in the US
Oregon's Bootleg Fire is the largest active wildfire in the US, and thousands of firefighters are b…
Hannah Jiang,Kaitlyn Wang
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'Zombie fires' smolder under the snow during the winter then rise from the dead come spring. They may get far more common.
A study suggests "zombie fires" that don't get extinguished in the winter may become more common in…
Aylin Woodward
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6 people are missing after a mudslide swept through a neighborhood in Alaska
A 600-foot-wide mudslide hit Haines, Alaska, on Wednesday after a period of heavy rain. The town is…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Here we go again: Yes, there's a clear link between wildfires and climate change, despite what President Trump keeps saying
"I don't think science knows, actually," Trump said of the link between wildfires and climate chang…
Susie Neilson
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A color-coded map shows the biggest wildfires raging up and down the West Coast
More than 85 major wildfires are raging on the West Coast. Here's where the biggest blazes are loca…
Susie Neilson
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3 of California's 4 largest fires ever are burning right now, including the biggest in state history
This week, the Doe Fire became the biggest in California history. Three of the four biggest fires i…
Susie Neilson
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Trump offered to help Putin put out the wildfires ravaging Siberia
7.4 million acres of Siberian woodland - a patch of land equivalent to the size of Maryland - has s…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Satellite photos show massive swaths of the Arctic engulfed in flames by 'unprecedented' wildfires
Several reports released this week confirmed that June was the hottest month on record. The US Nati…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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The Army is sending 200 soldiers to combat the wildfires raging across the Western US
Two hundred active-duty soldiers from the 7th Infantry Division's 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion a…
Ryan Pickrell
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Native American and Alaska Native tribes are supposed to receive $8 billion in COVID-19 relief, but they haven't seen a cent yet
Tribal governments say they need the funds to provide healthcare, protective gear, and meals to the…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Firefighters had to suspend aerial operations over a Utah wildfire when someone illegally flew a drone over the blaze
According to tweets from Provo Fire and Rescue and the FAA, aerial operations were held up for an h…
David Slotnick
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Fires are spreading like crazy in Alaska and scientists are concerned
Fires actually serve a purpose in nature, as the charred vegetation returns minerals to soil, and m…