�鶹Ӱ��

Our Stories

ORNL’s Fernanda Santos examines a soil sample at an NGEE Arctic field site in the Alaskan tundra in June 2022. Credit: Amy Breen, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Scientists dig into wildfire predictions, long-term impacts

August 2, 2023

Wildfires are an ancient force shaping the environment, but they have grown in frequency, range and intensity in response to a changing climate.

Clouds of gray smoke in the lower left are funneled northward from wildfires in Western Canada, reaching the edge of the sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean. A second path of thick smoke is visible at the top center of the image, emanating from wildfires in the boreal areas of Russia’s Far East, in this image captured on July 13, 2023. Credit: NASA MODIS

Improving wildfire predictions with Earth-scale climate models

July 28, 2023

Wildfires have shaped the environment for millennia, but they are increasing in frequency, range and intensity in response to a hotter climate.