Climate change is real: Six months on, Uttarakhand forests still ablaze
Forest fires that began in Uttarakhand on October 15 last year are still burning due to less rainfall and rising temperatures
Forest fire in two districts of Mizoram; IAF helicopters to help put it down
Lunglei, one of the Mizoram districts affected by a forest fire April 24, is among the most fire-prone in India
Still burning: Forest fires continue to rage in Uttarakhand
Wildfires began in Uttarakhand on October 15, 2020 and continue to destroy large tracts of forests
Carelessness, lack of prompt action behind regular forest fires in Purulia
The regular forest fires have become a threat to the ecological system and environment
Simply Put: Sariska ablaze
Two arrested in Odisha’s Kandhamal for trying to set forest on fire
At least 16 have been arrested in Odisha since March 5 for the same crime
A family in Nagaland is on a mission to conserve the state flower, rhododendron
Kelühol Tase and his brothers opened a rhododendron park last year to conserve the flower impacted by wild forest fires and continuous human …
Biennial Forest Survey Report: What does State of India’s Forest 2021 tell us
In Chile, huge wildfires have killed at least 131 people — but one village was almost untouched
Climate change means it is likely that Chile will be even more prone to huge fires in future
Siberia burning again; state of emergency declared in Irkutsk’s Bratsk district, Jewish Oblast & Khabarovsk Krai
Heatwave in 2020 caused ‘world’s coldest inhabited place’ to boil at 38°C; subsequent wildfires increased emissions …
Climate crisis everywhere, all at once: Record-breaking temperature in 10 countries across 4 continents
Indonesia, South Africa, Gabon, Kenya, South Sudan, Algeria, Tunisia, Guyana, Colombia and Rio burning up
In a bad fire year, Australia records over 450,000 hotspots
These maps show where the risks have increased over 20 years
Bushfire smoke eats up the ozone protecting us from dangerous radiation. The damage will increase as the world heats up
We’re likely to see falling ozone concentrations in new places rather than just around the South Pole
Himalayas on fire: Himachal’s tinder-dry forests, on its brown snowless hills, burn due to low moisture
Forest fire incidents have increased seven times this year; there have been 2,050 incidents in 3 months, data shows
Even platypuses aren’t safe from bushfires — a new DNA study tracks their disappearance
Platypuses are disappearing from waterways after fire
Odisha recorded the most forest fires in India last season
A total of 345,989 forest fires were recorded across the country.
Fires rage on in Mizoram’s Lawngtlai; under control elsewhere
Fires in Mizoram are yet to be doused in certain areas of Lawngtlai; locals blame lack of rainfall
Fifth-warmest year: 2021 was marked by floods, heatwaves, other climate anomalies for Europe
Europe experienced its warmest summer ever last year
France wildfires displace 37,000; air quality dips
Internal displacement due to wildfires 24% higher than in last 5 years & 4 times of last year
Forest Survey Report 2021: Forest fire counts up 2.7 times
Forest fires in Uttarakhand in November 2020-June 2021 were 28.3 times more compared to November 2019-June 2020
Global CO2 emissions from wildfires in July, August highest since 2003: Copernicus
The Mediterranean basin emerged as the wildfire hotspot that contributed to intense smoke pollution
Chile records its deadliest wildfire in 123 years, may be linked to climate change
Five of the top 10 deadliest wildfires globally since 1900 have occurred since 2018
Youth from Odisha’s Kandhamal show the way to combat forest fires
Youths here held several meetings with the villagers and explained climate change as well as methods to mitigate forest fires at the community level
Save Sattal: Tomorrow will be too late; we must start change today
Sattal has been engulfed by raging fires. It grieves the dying springs that once cascaded down to form powerful rivers that now run dry&…
Sariska Fire: IAF fighting blaze with choppers; no tigers harmed, says official
The fire started on March 27 afternoon and has gone out ofcontrol
