Fire ecology is the study of the role of fire in the environment, particularly how it affects ecosystems, plant and animal life, and the overall health of forests. Recent research has increasingly ...

The status quo is not sustainable. We cannot wait for emissions reductions to occur and climate change to relent.

These prescribed burns (in Humboldt Redwoods State Park) will continue an on-going resource management program designed to ...

Here's our picks for 10 things to do in the valley between Monday, Jan. 27 and Sunday, Feb. 2: ...

Humans have become a geologic force by cooking the planet – using fire on a scale that is altering land, water, air and ...

Humans have become a geologic force by cooking the planet — using fire on a scale that is altering land, water, air and ...

A bill before the Washington state Senate would make intentional water pollution, air pollution, and spilling of hazardous ...

It’s been enough of a stretch to fully include human fire practices within traditional ecology. Yet humans – the keystone species for fire on Earth – are merging the two arenas of earthly ...

The Israeli delegation worked with members of Cal Fire, California’s fire and forestry service, to discuss strategies and ...

Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido and science reporter Jacob Margolis dive into what makes Southern California’s ...

About two weeks after a fire at Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County, San Jose State University scientists reported unusually high concentrations of heavy metals in the soils of Elkhorn Slough ...