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Brazil records 62% jump in area burned by forest fires: monitor

Avec la prolifération des drones sur les champs de bataille modernes, les armées du monde entier cherchent des moyens efficaces pour contrer cette menace agile, bon marché… et potentiellement mortelle. En France, une nouvelle arme se prépare à entrer en service, et elle promet de faire le ménage dans les airs : le Rapidfire Land, un système de défense anti-aérienne développé par Thales et KNDS France, qui s’attaque aux essaims de drones, aux hélicoptères, aux avions légers — et même aux roquettes et mortiers.

Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new contentA major US government website supporting public education on climate science looks likely to be shuttered after almost all of its staff were fired, the Guardian has learned.

Toxic pollution from wildfires has infiltrated the homes of more than a billion people a year over the last two decades, according to new research. The climate crisis is driving up the risk of wildfires by increasing heatwaves and droughts, making the issue of wildfire smoke a “pressing global issue”, scientists said.

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Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern California wildfires, a scientific study found. But the myriad of causes that go into the still smoldering fires are complex, so the level of global warming's fingerprints on weeks of burning appears relatively small compared to previous studies of killer heat waves, floods and droughts by the international team at World Weather Attribution. Tuesday's report, too rapid for peer-review yet, found global warming boosted the likelihood of high fire weather conditions in this month's fires by 35% and its intensity by 6%.

Wildfires that blazed around the world in 2024 helped to drive a record annual leap in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, surprising scientists. The data shows humanity is moving yet deeper into a dangerous world of supercharged extreme weather.

The multibillion-dollar chemicals company 3M told customers its firefighting foams were harmless and biodegradable when it knew they contained toxic substances so persistent they are now known as “forever chemicals” and banned in many countries including the UK, newly uncovered documents show.

Face à l'avancée du "Mountain fire", un incendie qui a déjà consumé près de 8 100 hectares depuis mercredi, des milliers de personnes ont été invitées à évacuer vers les collines du nord-ouest de la région de Los Angeles, en Californie.

Extreme heat affecting nearly 23m people across US south-west and pushing Texas’s electrical grid to the limit.

SAO PAULO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest region surged to a record high for the month of July in almost two decades, government data showed on Thursday, amid a drought in the region fanned by climate change. The Amazon, the world's largest rainforest, plays a vital role in curbing global warming because of the vast amounts of greenhouse gas it absorbs.

Unprecedented wildfires in Canada and parts of Amazonia last year were at least three times more likely due to climate change and contributed to high levels of CO2 emissions from burning globally, according to the first edition of a new systematic annual review.

L’Etat de l’ouest américain est de nouveau en proie à un mégafeu depuis le 24 juillet, qui a déjà calciné plus de 150 000 hectares.

L’incendie est le septième plus important de toute l’histoire de cet Etat de l’Ouest américain. Il a contraint plus de 4 000 personnes à évacuer.

Un incendie incontrôlable dans le nord de la Californie est devenu en trois jours l'un des plus importants jamais enregistrés dans cet État de l'ouest des États-Unis. Le "Park Fire" a déjà dévoré plus de 142.000 hectares, ce qui en fait le septième plus gros incendie de l'histoire de cet État, a déclaré samedi l'agence étatique Cal Fire.

The wildfire destruction to Jasper National Park has reverberated across all of Canada.

« J’étais effrayé », raconte un octogénaire, qui a dû quitter sa maison. Depuis le 5 juillet, de violents incendies touchent l’ouest des États-Unis, en particulier la Californie. Des dizaines de milliers de personnes ont été évacuées.

Blackened trees, dead animals and scorched earth – early wildfires have already devastated Brazil’s Pantanal and local people worry they may lose the battle to save them

Scientists warn of ‘scary’ feedback loop in which fires create more heating, which causes more fires worldwide

La pêche serait la première responsable de la perte de biodiversité marine. Arrêter de manger du poisson serait alors la meilleure solution.