Wildfires

Bryan Shuman, a professor in the UW Department of Geology and Geophysics, was the main co-author of a paper, titled “Rocky Mountain Subalpine Forests Now Burning More Than Any Time in Recent Millennia,” that was published today (June 14) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The journal is on...

Measurements show soil and plants are much drier, making trees and brush more likely to ignite and fire to spread.

Forecasters expect nearly the entire country to be warmer than normal for the next three months.

If you think Wyoming is a looker from the ground, you should see us from space. Recent pics show our state from miles above the earth and include viewpoints we've never seen of last year's wildfires.

A study of biomass burning aerosols led by University of Wyoming researchers has shown that smoke from wildfires has more of a cooling effect on the atmosphere than computer models assume. The paper, titled “Biomass Burning Aerosols in Most Climate Models Are Too Absorbing,” that was published January 12 in Nature Communications, a journal that publishes high-quality research from all areas of the

The alert will be in place from midnight to noon Thursday

Gov. Gavin Newsom says it has burned more land than all the wildfires recorded in California from 1932 to 1999.

The Mullen Fire is now 6% contained.

The Adventist Health St. Helena hospital suspended care and transferred all patients elsewhere.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — People across the West struggled under acrid-yellowish green smog from raging wildfires that seeped into homes and businesses, sneaked into cars through air conditioning vents and caused the temporary closure of iconic locations such as Powell’s Books and the Oregon Zoo...