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We look at whether using a wood fire to heat your home is being really green or not.

by Judith Curry The climate change debate has entered what we might call the “Campfire Phase”, in which the goal is to tell the scariest story. – Oren Cass (twitter) David Wallace-Wells has a recent cover story in NYMagazine: ...

100,000 tires caught fire in arid Odessa, Texas earlier this month. The blaze was too much for local volunteer firefighters to extinguish as the isolated area's closest fire hydrant is four miles away. So the Environmental...

Uncontrolled fire whirls, or fire tornadoes, can be terrifying. But one type of fire whirl may be immensely beneficial to humanity. University of Maryland engineers discovered a "beautiful, swirling flame phenomenon" they...

Back in 2013, 19 firefighters died in Arizona because their emergency shelters didn't protect them. NASA scientists realized materials in a space project they were working on might be useful, so they teamed up with the U.S....

Back in 2013, 19 firefighters died because their emergency shelters didn't protect them. NASA scientists realized materials in a space project they were working on might be useful, so they teamed up with the U.S. Forest Service...

The lighting-caused forest fire blazing through the North Rim of the Grand Canyon doubled in size over the weekend. The Fuller Fire jumped from 5,940 acres to 13,382 on Monday, with zero containment to date. Dry and windy...

The American southwest is battling extreme temperatures and blazing wildfires. The National Weather Service issued heat advisories - and in some cases excessive heat warnings - in California, Arizona, and New Mexico as temperatures...

In a tragic start to the New Year, tens of thousands of people gathered to watch Dubai’s famed firework display but witnessed explosions of a different kind...

Adrian Bejan understands the shape of the perfect fire. And you can build one, right in your own fire pit. In a study published in Nature Scientific Reports, Bejan, a professor of mechanical engineering at Duke University,...

  On January 26, a gas pipeline exploded in Brooke County, West Virginia, sending an enormous fireball into the morning sky. Nearby residents watched in amazement, capturing snapshots and videos with their smartphones...

In news of the painfully cute, injured koalas in and around South Australia are slowly recovering from burns they sustained as bushfires wreaked havoc on their habitat...

1. Dutch Oven Paella Try cooking up this savory Spanish style dish over a campfire to achieve the authentic crispy bottom layer! Ingredients:  4-6 chicken thighs 4 sausages, sliced Olive oil 1/2 onion 2 cloves garlic 2...

A dump fire that has been burning for nearly four months in the remote northern Canadian city of Iqaluit has finally been extinguished. The "Dumpcano" as it has been known locally has been spewing toxic fumes into the town's...

What would you do if all your most cherished possessions suddenly went up in smoke? That’s the situation facing dozens of families in Weed, California right now as a fast-moving wildfire destroyed about 150 buildings in...

A hunger strike ends in violence when police fired rubber bullets, tear gas, and water canons at a protest by garment factory workers in Bangladesh this past week...