NYTIMES (Zunaira Saieed) - Fighting Wildfire Haze With an Airplane and Lots of Salt and Water
The authorities in Malaysian Borneo have been trying to seed clouds to counteract the effects of smoke wafting in from neighboring Indonesia.
NYTIMES (Jeanna Smialek) - How Fighting Fires Became an All-of-Europe Project
The European Union isn’t known for firefighting expertise. But with the continent ablaze, Brussels is playing a growing role.
DAILYCALLER (Paris Apodaca) - Clearing The Roadless Rule: What Comes Next For America’s Burning Forests?
‘the answer is yes’
YOUTUBE (Newsmax) - Israel Tests AI Drones to Detect Wildfires in Minutes | Israel Update (Sept. 7, 2026)
Israel is testing a new AI-powered system designed to detect wildfires before they become major disasters. In this Newsmax "Israel Update," Katrina Szish reports on Firewave's deployment of thousands of wildfire detection sensors and Israel's testing of AI-enabled drones aimed at spotting fires within minutes. Then, Israel correspondent Jodie Cohen takes viewers inside Jerusalem's famous Mamilla district, where luxury, history, and spirituality meet just steps from the Western Wall.
AXIOS (Rebecca Falconer) - How AI is playing a growing role in wildfire response
AI is already helping detect and monitor wildfires. Now, researchers are exploring how it could help fire officials decide where to deploy crews across multiple fires. Why it matters: Studies show climate change is contributing to longer, more intense wildfire seasons , forcing officials to make high-stakes decisions about how to prioritize limited resources. AI could help them process information to make those decisions faster. State of play: Jason Fallon, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service's division chief for wildland fire intelligence, told Axios that AI is ingrained in many areas of wildfire management nationally, including monitoring, detection, information dissemination and data transfer. - AI-powered cameras, satellite systems and…
YOUTUBE (CNN) - Europe’s wildfires are setting off bombs from World War II
Firefighters battling wildfires in Europe are finding bombs beneath their feet. The reason involves one of the most famous battles from World War II.
YOUTUBE (Fox News) - Evacuations underway as California wildfire DOUBLES in size #shorts #us #california #fire
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AXIOS (Amy Harder) - How to prepare for wildfires — now and for the future
Wildfires demand action on radically different timelines: during the crisis, before the next fire season and over the coming decades. Why it matters: Climate change is worsening the underlying risk, making everything from evacuation plans to forest management and cutting emissions part of the response. Driving the news: America's northwestern corner is having a record-breaking wildfire year, and the traditional fire season still has months to go. "Even if not a single other acre or structure burned, we already have the most active fire season in recorded history for the Pacific Northwest," said climate scientist Daniel Swain, in an Aug. 18 virtual presentation . - "Washington and Oregon together [are] already breaking their historical…
YOUTUBE (CNN) - Wildfire smoke changes more than just the sky
From orange skies to melting glaciers to our soil and water, wildfire smoke has profound effects on the regions it blankets.
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Ross Fire tears through 50,000 acres near Fort Worth as wildfires overwhelm crews across the West
A wind-driven grass fire west of Fort Worth, Texas, exploded to 50,000 acres overnight with just 5 percent containment, part of a record-setting national wildfire season that has stretched crews from Nevada to Washington State. The Ross Fire ignited Monday afternoon near the town of Palo Pinto, roughly 60 miles west of Fort Worth, and […] The post Ross Fire tears through 50,000 acres near Fort Worth as wildfires overwhelm crews across the West appeared first on American Almanac .
A wind-driven grass fire west of Fort Worth, Texas, exploded to 50,000 acres overnight with just 5 percent containment, part of a record-setting national wildfire season that has stretched crews from Nevada to Washington State. The Ross Fire ignited Monday afternoon near the town of Palo Pinto, roughly 60 miles west of Fort Worth, and ripped through dry ranchland so fast that local officials had little time to do anything but order people out. By Tuesday morning the blaze had jumped into neighboring Jack County to the north, forced the closure of a highway, and left firefighters scrambling to protect homes and lives with almost no containment to show for it. The Palo Pinto Emergency Services Department reported the fire grew to 18,000…Open