Jennifer Balch

Wildfires in Europe and North America are becoming more extreme in size, intensity, and frequency, but global fire emissions are at a record low due to reduced burning in Africa and Asia. This paradox is attributed to changing agricultural practices, improved fire management, and human migration limiting fires in regions that historically contributed to most global emissions.

Wildfires in Europe and North America are becoming more extreme in size and intensity, while global fire emissions are at a record low due to reduced burning in Africa and Asia. Experts attribute this paradox to improved fire management and agricultural changes in Africa and Asia, despite increasing fire activity in other regions.

Wildfires in Europe and North America are becoming more extreme, but global fire emissions are at a record low due to reduced burning in Africa and Asia. Experts attribute the paradox to human-driven changes in fire management and land use, with carbon emissions from fires now about half of early 2000s levels.

Wildfires in Europe and North America are becoming more extreme, but global fire emissions are at a record low due to reduced burning in Africa and Asia. This paradox is attributed to human-driven changes in fire management and agricultural practices in Africa and Asia, which offset increases in other regions.

Wildfire anxiety is increasing due to fast-moving blazes and repeated evacuations. A fire scientist from the University of Colorado, Boulder, warns of extreme fire behavior.

Wildfires in the western U.S. are causing repeated evacuations and anxiety as dry weather and lack of snow fuel fast-moving blazes. Residents like Anitra Cornish in Utah face stress from multiple evacuations, while firefighters and families worry about safety amid extreme fire conditions.

Wildfires in the western U.S. have caused repeated evacuations and heightened anxiety among residents, fueled by dry weather and a lack of winter snow. Over 9,000 personnel are working to contain more than 50 large fires, with three firefighters recently killed in a blaze along the Colorado-Utah border.