Selected media reports

2025

icon Wildfire smoke could soon kill 71,000 Americans every year. - Popular Science

icon Scientists predict wildfire smoke will be the most costly climate-related health hazard. - NBC

icon Wildfire smoke is an insidious and growing public health threat. - The Verge

icon Global Warming Intensifies Wildfire Health Risks. - Bioengineer

icon Global warming is altering storms lightning, impacting tropical forests. - Mongabay

2024

icon Smoke pollution from wildfires may be killing an extra 12,000 people a year, new research suggests. - The Guardian

icon UC Irvine Earth system scientists create an Arctic and boreal wildfire atlas. - UCI

2023

icon Large trees fueled massive Calif. wildfire that killed giant sequoias - Washington Post

icon UC Irvine scientists reveal what fuels wildfires in Sierra Nevada Mountains - UC Irvine

icon Carbon emissions from boreal forest fires rose in 2021 - AP

icon Boreal forests could be a planet-warming ‘time bomb’ as wildfires expand, says new study - CNN

icon The Far North is burning and turning up the heat on the planet. - CNN

icon Wildfires in 2021 emitted a record-breaking amount of carbon dioxide - UC Irvine

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2022

icon Human-triggered California wildfires more severe than natural blazes - UC Irvine

icon CECS Researchers Develop a New Method for Tracking Wildfire and Explore the Causes and Impacts of Extreme Fires - CECS

icon Lightning-sparked forest fires set to increase in North America - The Guardian

2021

icon Lightning strikes will more than double in Arctic as climate warms - UC Irvine

icon Lightning strikes could double in the Arctic this century, setting the tundra on fire - Popular Science

icon Projected Surge of Lightning Spells More Wildfire Trouble for the Arctic - Inside Climate News

icon More Lightning in the Arctic Is Bad News for the Planet - Wired

icon Lightning across tundra to more than double as world warms - E&E News

icon Once-rare Arctic lighting is now more frequent—and may reshape the region - National Geographic

icon Climate change will increase Arctic lightning strikes, sparking wildfires and unleashing greenhouse gases - The Academic Times

icon EESA Climate Experts Co-Author Study Predicting 100% Increase in Arctic Lightning - LBL

icon Increasing fires from lightning in the Arctic are heating up climate further - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

icon Lightning strikes to spark more Arctic fires: study - AFP

icon Climate Change Linked to Increase in Arctic Lightning Strikes - Smithsonian Magazine

icon Arctic lightning strikes expected to double in frequency as climate warms - UPI

icon Lightning strikes set to increase by 100 percent in the Arctic - Earth.com

icon Lightning strikes may jolt Arctic ecosystems: study - Winnipeg Free Press

2020

icon A busy Atlantic hurricane season could mean more fires in the Amazon - National Geographic

icon Conditions Ripe for Active Amazon Fire, Atlantic Hurricane Seasons - NASA

icon NASA Warns of ‘Active’ Atlantic Hurricane and Amazon Fire Seasons- Smithsonian Magazine

icon Severe Drought in South America - NASA

2017

icon El Niño boosts fires in Asia, reduces them in Australia - Cosmos

icon El Nino predictably drives fires through Asia to Americas - Nature Asia

icon 厄尔尼诺带来火灾 - 科学网

2016

icon Wenn die Ozeane Feuer bringen - NZZ (The New Zurich Times)

2015

icon UCI, NASA researchers find link between Amazon fire risk, devastating hurricanes - UC Irvine

icon Wildfires, Hurricanes Share Remarkably Strong Link, Study Says - The Weather Channel

icon NASA and University Researchers Find Link Between Amazon Fires and Devastating Hurricanes - NASA

icon Computer models unveil a mystery: How are North Atlantic hurricanes and Amazonian fires related? - E&E News

icon Risk of new Katrinas rises as climate warms - Climate News Network

icon Wildfires In The Amazon May Affect Formation Of Hurricanes - Tech Times

icon Amazon Wildfires May be Linked to More Hurricanes in the North Atlantic - Science World Report

2013

icon Climate Conditions Determine Amazon Fire Risk - NASA

2011

icon Sea change can forecast South American wildfires, UCI-led study finds - UC Irvine

icon Ocean Temperatures Can Predict Amazon Fire Season Severity - NASA

icon UCI: Warmer oceans, more South American fires - OC Register

Visualizations

Fire spread

icon Spread of the Palisades and Eaton Fires - January 2025

icon Tracking the Spread of the Caldor and Dixie Fires

icon NASA’s New Scientific Breakdown of Dramatic Caldor and Dixie Fires