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Worst-Ever Droughts, Fires Possible in EU: Climate Change Warning
The European Union's executive warned on Thursday that the continent is facing one of its toughest years when it comes to natural disasters like droughts and wildfires because of increasing climate ...
How Climate Change Is Fueling More Intense Global Wildfires
Already, 2022 is taking its place in a pantheon of years that have seen the nature of fire change—and all parts of the world fall under threat. It's only expected to get worse, with drought and ...
Report Forecasts ‘Above-Normal’ U.S. Wildfire Season, Worse in Drought-Plagued West
The U.S. has in store an "above-normal" wildfire season if a prediction out on Wednesday from fire weather experts holds true – "intense" may be a better word for the expectations in Western ...
Extreme Wildfires Expected to Increase 30% by 2050
Indonesia's peatlands, California's forests and vast swathes of Argentine wetland have all been ravaged by extreme wildfires, heralding a fiery future and the dire need to prevent it. With climate ...
Biden Administration Unveils ‘Wildfire Crisis Strategy’ for Western States
The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled a 10-year plan to treat and maintain millions of additional acres of forests in the western United States to reduce the severity of seasonal wildfires. ...
MGA Startup Kettle Raises $25M, With Plans to Expand Wildfire Reinsurance Protection
Reinsurance MGA startup Kettle raised $25 million in a Series A round led by Acrew Capital, with participation from Homebrew, True Ventures, Anthemis, Valor, DCVC, and LowerCarbon Capital. The San ...
Europe, U.S. and Canada Slammed by Record Weather Catastrophes in June: Aon
June 2021 left Europe with its costliest severe storm period on record. Meanwhile, over in the U.S. in Canada, record-setting heatwaves caused significant damage, according to Aon's latest natural ...
Drones Pulled Into Play to Help Fight Wildfires in U.S. West
In a grassy meadow outside Missoula, Montana, Jennifer Fowler eyes two drones high in the sky with weather instruments -- part of a program to see how drones can help to fight and monitor wildfires. ...