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What ancient stalagmites can tell us about life on a hotter Earth

Stalagmites formed in caves hundreds of thousands of years ago preserve a record of how fires behaved the last time Earth’s temperatures were as high as today

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Oregon Caves National Monument, a forested preserve protecting a labyrinth of passages dissolved in a rare marble formation high in the Siskiyou mountains.

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What ancient stalagmites can tell us about life on a hotter Earth

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Stalagmites at Oregon Caves National Monument

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Some wildfires are growing twice as fast as they did two decades ago

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Can sensor technology stop a wildfire before it starts?

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Canadian Press/Shutterstock (14481302b) A wildfire burns in northern Manitoba near near Flin Flon, as seen from a helicopter surveying the situation, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Mba-Wildfire, Flin Flon, Canada - 14 May 2024

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Is North America set for another bad wildfire smoke season?

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Deliberate fires are responsible for half of the land burned each year

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Suppressing wildfires is harming California’s giant sequoia trees

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Wildfire smoke may be deadliest effect of climate change in US

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Wildfire smoke is reversing decades of progress on clean air

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Ash from wildfires may fuel the growth of plankton in the ocean

Wildfires can deposit large amounts of ash into the oceans, and experiments suggest that this material could boost the growth of phytoplankton in seawater - but the impact on other wildlife is not yet known

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Firefighters try to extinguish a forest fire on 9 August 2023 in Hulun Buir, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China

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Wildfires made worse by plants starting to grow earlier in the year

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Californian firefighter control centre

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Smoke-spotting AI watches live video to find early signs of wildfire

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Wildfire in British Columbia on 10 July

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Canada's wildfire emissions this year have doubled the annual record

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These are the five most shocking climate records this week

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These are the five most shocking climate records this week

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