Alaska is perhaps better known for snow and ice than it is fire. But new research shows the Last Frontier has been hit by more wildfires over the last century than at any other time since the rule of ...

The independent federal agency that provides Alaska with utilities, infrastructure and economic support is considering a ...

The past century witnessed an increase in wildfires on Alaska’s North Slope, more than in the past 3,000 years combined. The study was conducted in Arctic Alaska by a team of researchers from Germany, ...

But seasonal wildland fire outlooks usually don't factor in lightning because local lightning forecasts are difficult and time-consuming to put together. A group of researchers at the University of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arctic rivers flowing through Alaska are increasingly turning orange as wildfires, thawing permafrost and other factors contribute ...

Almost 50 large wildfires are burning in a dozen US states from Texas to Alaska. The McKinley Fire, which has now spread to more than 4,300 acres in Alaska, has destroyed at least 80 structures so far ...

Hundreds of fires are burning across the state of Alaska, blackening nearly 5 million acres of thick forest and tundra. The fires are the result of an abnormally warm and dry June, followed by ...

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