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Firefighters Killed as Multiple Blazes Burn Across Southern Great Basin Region...
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Three firefighters were killed and two others injured when flames overtook their crew during a...

Wildfires Intensify Across Western US Amid Extreme Heat and Wind...
SALT LAKE CITY — Wildfires intensified across the western United States on Monday as extreme heat, strong winds and ex...

Bidders Selected for Canada's First Offshore Wind Farm in Nova Scotia...
HALIFAX — Development of Canada’s first offshore wind farms advanced late Friday after the Canada–Nova Scotia Offs...

Florida Wildfires Prompt Evacuations and Highway Closures in Everglades Area...
MIAMI — Wildfires burning near Florida’s Everglades prompted evacuations in some areas and forced the closure of maj...

Russia-Ukraine Conflict Impacts Black Sea and Regional Environment...
KYIV — The Russia-Ukraine conflict continues to affect the environmental condition of the Black Sea and surrounding re...

First Atlantic Tropical Cyclone of 2026 Season Develops...
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Andrea formed in the central Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, becoming the first named tropical cyc...

Severe Flooding Hits Gulf Coast States Following Heavy Rainfall...
HOUSTON — Severe flooding struck parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast on Wednesday after days of heavy rainfall from a tropica...

Wildland Fire Research Committee Meets to Optimize Prescribed Burns...
WASHINGTON — A National Academies committee studying the use of experimental prescribed fires met this year to advance...

El Nino Expected to Intensify This Year NOAA Forecast Indicates...
WASHINGTON — El Niño conditions have developed in the tropical Pacific and are expected to strengthen through the sec...