The Navy veteran and former union leader has said he wants to break the "two-party doom loop" in Washington, D.C.

Bushfires will cost the economy an average of $6 billion a year over the next 30 years, nearly triple previous estimates, a national study warns.

With a strong El Niño summer looming, modelling reveals fire seasons are 21 per cent longer than they were 50 years ago, cause $6b in damage a year, and 5.6 million homes are at risk.

Restoring Indigenous cultural burning could help break a "catastrophic fire loop", plaguing Australia's southeast forests, a ...

By Bruno Kelly AUTAZES, Brazil, Oct 13 (Reuters) - El Niño, climate change and human activity are fueling a surge in fires ...

There were 1,679 fires in Brazil’s Amazonas state this month, a 253% surge compared to the same period last year. Read more ...

Report lead author Anne Olhoff, director of UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, said the U.S. policy change will likely add ...

These maps show the mean Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI) over Australia for each month for the period 1950 to 2016. Higher values represent more dangerous weather conditions for bushfires: for example ...

An analysis of lake sediments in south-eastern Australia has revealed that the expulsion of Indigenous communities in the 19th century resulted in an explosion of tree cover and more devastating wildf ...

Australia is bracing for what is expected to be a dangerous bushfire season driven by a so-called "super El Niño" event ...