wildfire

A helicopter drops a large amount of water onto a forest fire

Politics & society

UC Berkeley researchers simulate how wildfires spread through communities

Insights from the model could help communities adopt more effective mitigation strategies to save lives and property

A firefighter points a hose at a burning structure, while orange flames blaze in the background.

Business & economics

Researchers reveal a hidden factor in California’s insurance crisis: The ‘winner’s curse’

Llamas anaranjadas de un incendio forestal en California ardiendo por la noche en la distancia, con la silueta de una bomba de petróleo y gas en primer plano.

Research

Según un nuevo estudio, los incendios forestales amenazan cada vez más los pozos petroleros, lo que empeora los riesgos potenciales para la salud

orange flames from a wildfire in California burning at night in the distance, with the silhouette of an oil and gas pumpjack in the foreground.

Research

Wildfires increasingly threaten oil and gas drill sites, compounding potential health risks, study says

A dot of an orange sun is visible through thick smoke generated by the Caldor Fire in South Lake Tahoe in 2021. Researchers are studying how smoke from fires like this can cause long-term health effects.

Wildfire smoke disproportionately affects California’s Indigenous communities, new research shows

A photo of a prescribed burn in a conifer forest. The fire burns across the forest floor, generating flames and smoke, but does not extend into the branches of the trees. In the distance, a person wearing yellow fire protection gear is holding out a drip torch.

Twenty-year study confirms California forests are healthier when burned — or thinned

A meadow of yellow wildflowers among the burnt trunks of trees

Berkeley Talks: Jessica Morse on how we can live with fire

A camera trap photo shows a coyote exploring a charred landscape

Hidden cameras spot wildlife returning home after 2018 megafire

a screengrab of a game showing a car and flames on either side of a road

Reducing wildfire risk with dynamic modeling and serious games

A photo shows an aerial view of a conifer forest in which many of the trees have turned brown from drought

Widespread forest loss holds grave consequences for wildlife

A photo shows a cannabis farm against a background of green rolling mountains.

Wildfire poses greater threat to cannabis than other California crops

Four young adults wearing yellow shirts and hardhats stand in a grassy California field, with rolling hills in the background. One of the young adults holds up a peace sign to the camera.

Fired up for the future

A photo shows a dense wall of pine trees on the edge of a mountain lake

How Indigenous burning shaped the Klamath’s forests for a millennia

Smoke billows above a wildfire, which is burning through a large open field in the Amazon.

U.N. climate report underscores urgency of cutting carbon emissions

A photo shows a drip torch sitting on pine needles, next to an open flame

Lessons on wildfire resilience from a 4,000-acre forest lab

A photo of a pine forest in winter, with a small layer of snow on the ground. A large pile of dead branches and twigs sits in the foreground.

Want to limit carbon and curb wildfire? Create a market for small trees