Smokey Bear, the beloved symbol of the U.S. Forest Service, turns 80 years old on August 9, 2024. He's been warning about forest fires and wildfires in the great outdoors for eight decades.

Science: Fire for Fun; Science: Fire for Fun. 2 minute read. TIME. July 29, 1940 12:00 AM GMT-4 ... The forest people there admitted starting fires, but the reasons they gave were evasive or absurd.

Understanding how wildfires influence our planet's climate is a daunting challenge. Although fire occurs nearly everywhere on ...

The 2024 forest fire season concluded as the most intense in the past decade. As per information from the Fire Department, 141 emergencies were managed, and 27,865 hectares were scorched. The height ...

IN his interesting article in NATURE of June 3, p. 787, Prof. F. P. Worley describes some of the effect of fire upon soils. It is not impossible that his observations may apply to soils in ...