Fast-moving wildfires are burning long after the regular fire season is over due to an unlikely sequence of extreme weather events that may have been exacerbated by climate change

After a weekend of reprieve allowing fire teams to continue making progress battling the deadly infernos burning in Los Angeles County, Southern California now faces another round of fire-fueling Santa Ana winds.

On Monday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection added the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire to its list of the 20 most destructive wildfires ever recorded in the state..

In California and elsewhere, fast-moving fires are particularly damaging and expensive because they take people by surprise, making evacuations difficult

“Did you hear that California rejected 60 fire trucks that Oregon has sent over to fight the Los Angeles fire?” said a man in a TikTok video with over 500,000 views. “And you wouldn’t even ...

according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Thousands of firefighters are battling the blazes across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles County.

As wildfires relentlessly sweep across Southern California and other parts of the world, Manzhu Yu, an assistant professor of geography at Penn State, offered insights into the ongoing crisis in Los Angeles (LA).

Tropical forests host an estimated 62% of global terrestrial vertebrate species on less than 20% of the Earth's land area and provide resources that directly benefit ~1.5 billion people throughout the world.

On the slopes of Mount Kalatungan, a protected area on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, rows of robusta coffee shrubs thrive alongside tropical hardwoods like lauan. The verdant mountain is enveloped in mid-afternoon fog,

We explain what’s known about how the catastrophic L.A. wildfires started and the factors that scientists do -- and don’t -- think contributed.

This extended drought, exacerbated by Santa Ana winds, has rendered the landscape increasingly vulnerable. Current data from the US Drought Monitor indicates that 90% of Los Angeles County is now classified as being in severe drought — a stark increase from less than a month ago when there were no severe drought conditions.

Mason is a registered professional forester and a consultant in Oregon forestry issues. To read more letters to the editor, go to oregonlive.com/opinion. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site,