Canada is experiencing over 900 active wildfires, scorching 3 million hectares, with significant concerns in the Northwest Territories and Ontario, causing poor air quality extending to Europe. Concurrently, Salta, Argentina, recorded its warmest-ever winter night at 26C, driven by the Zonda wind and potentially influenced by El Niño.
Intense heatwaves and drought have caused severe wildfires across Europe, Canada, and the US. Experts discuss varied management strategies, including Indigenous cultural burning, while Brazil shows success in reducing Amazon fires, though El Nino poses future risks.
A jaguar named Yaguara, orphaned by wildfires, has been successfully rehabilitated and released into Bolivia's Noel Kempff Mercado national park. This marks a historic achievement for jaguar conservation in the country, as it's the first successful rehabilitation and release of a jaguar into the wild in Bolivia.
A female jaguar named Yaguara, orphaned by wildfires, has become the first jaguar in Bolivia to be successfully rehabilitated and released into the wild. The initiative by Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi (CIWY) aims to boost jaguar conservation efforts in the face of significant threats.
Three firefighters died battling wildfires along the Utah-Colorado border, with nearly 3 million acres burned in the US this year, exceeding the 10-year average, amid a harsh wildfire season exacerbated by climate change.
Three firefighters died and two were injured battling wildfires along the Colorado-Utah border, amid extreme fire conditions and rapidly spreading blazes across the western US, exacerbated by hot, dry, and windy weather.
Greece has become the first nation to fully integrate a dedicated wildfire-monitoring satellite constellation, the Hellenic Fire System, into its national firefighting efforts. Developed by German company OroraTech with ESA and EU support, the four satellites use AI and thermal sensors to detect fires as small as four meters, aiming for earlier intervention.
The U.S. Forest Service reduced vegetation management by nearly 1.5 million acres in 2025 compared to 2024, with prescribed burns falling by half. The agency lost 16% of its workforce amid Trump administration cuts, raising concerns among fire experts who warn that reduced controlled burning fuels extreme wildfires. A case in point: the Teakettle Experimental Forest in California burned in one day last August after planned prescribed burns were delayed.
