California's 2018 Was the Worst Ever Recorded for Wildfires
California’s 2018 is officially the worst year for wildfires in recorded state history, the Los Angeles Times reported…
Wet Winters No Longer Protect California From Brutal Wildfire Seasons, Study Finds
In California, a wet winter no longer protects landscapes from the kind of intense wildfires the state’s been…
Texas Bill Would Make It Illegal For Verizon and Any Other Wireless Provider to Throttle Disaster Zones
Legislators in Texas are mulling a bill that would make illegal to “impair or degrade” mobile data in any declared…
Australia Continues to Fry Under Scorching Heat Waves
The second heat wave in two weeks in Southern Australia continued to punish the region, with temperatures in Melbourne…
California Power Company Tied to Last Year’s Deadly Camp Fire Is Filing For Bankruptcy
California’s largest utility is in a death spiral in wake of the deadly Camp Fire last fall. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.…
Trump Threatens to Cut off Federal Wildfire Aid to California in Ill-Informed, Typo-Laden Tweet
Amidst a government shutdown and on the heels of a sober report concluding California’s Camp Fire was the world’s…
The World Lost $160 Billion to Disasters Last Year, and Climate Change Played a Big Role
2018 was the year climate change became ever clearer, with wildfires, cyclones, and hurricanes ravaging the world. Now…
The Scientists Who Play With Wildfire
When fire scientist Albert Simeoni wants to study wildfires, he can’t exactly run into the nearest blaze with sensors…
Two California Inmates Suffered Severe Burns Fighting the Camp Fire. Why Were They There at All?
The Camp Fire shined a national spotlight on California’s ever-worsening wildfire situation last month when it burned…
California's Fire Chief Suggests Maybe It's Time to Stop Building in Wildfire Hotspots
Back-to-back wildfire seasons have taken a huge toll on California. Billions of dollars of infrastructure have gone up…
The Most Terrifying Climate Disasters of 2018
I sat for a while trying to figure out what image should be at the top of this post. Punching in different…
Verizon: Maybe a Few Hamiltons Would Change You First Responders' Minds
Mobile giant Verizon has faced withering criticism in the months since it throttled Santa Clara County Fire Department…
The Camp Fire Death Count Just Dropped by 3 Due to New DNA Evidence
Miraculously, the number of dead from California’s Camp Fire—the deadliest and most destructive fire in the state’s…
California Wildfires Emitted as Much Carbon as the State’s Entire Power Sector in 2018
We know California wildfires can be deadly: Look no further than the Camp Fire in northern California that killed at…
A Wildlife Haven Just Outside Los Angeles Is Reeling From Unprecedented Fire Damage
Just outside the borders of one of America’s largest metropolises lies an ecological wonder: the Santa Monica…
Video Shows Exact Moment Border Agent Realized 'Gender Reveal' Party Bomb Was a Bad Idea
The Arizona border patrol agent who used a firearm to detonate explosives during a “gender reveal” party in April 2017,…
Camp Fire Now Completely Contained, With 85 Confirmed Dead and Hundreds Still Missing
California’s nightmarish Camp Fire is nearly out after weeks of destruction, but firefighters are still finding new…
Smoke From California’s Wildfires Reached All the Way to New York City
Smoke from the wildfires that have devastated California for weeks has stretched some 3,000 miles to East Coast cities.…
Ryan Zinke Says 'Radical Environmentalists' Are to Blame For the Wildfire That's Killed 79 People
Americans of all political persuasions are rushing to blame the devastating Camp Fire on their political foes, but…
Wildfires, Invasive Snakes, and Saying Goodbye to a Legend: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
It might be the second half of November, but the wildfire season in California is now functionally approaching a 365-day…