With wildfires growing in size, frequency, and intensity, more and more people are being exposed to their smoke, sometimes ...

Wildfire behavior is driven by three primary factors: fuel, weather, and topography. While weather and terrain cannot be controlled, fuel—the vegetation that carries fire—can be strategically modified ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's 2025 wildfire season was "insane," as the state experienced an uptick in large wildfires. Utah's 2025 ...

Wildfire behavior is shifting rapidly, reshaping how communities, ecosystems, and emergency managers must plan, prepare, and respond. Longer fire seasons, more extreme weather, and increasingly ...

BOULDER, Colo. – A new tool from NOAA is the first to ever provide hourly updates on wildfire behavior, giving more accurate and timely predictions of wildfire activity. The tool, called the Hourly ...

Technosylva has launched what it describes as the world’s largest supercomputer dedicated to wildfire modeling, designed to simulate more than one billion fire scenarios each day. The system applies ...

In a windowless, warehouse-sized lab on campus, a team of CU Boulder researchers huddle around two wind tunnels—long metal tubes that blow air currents at controlled speeds. Laura Shannon, a graduate ...