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Australia's Wildfires: Are Eucalyptus Trees to Blame?

By Marc Lallanilla published

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Australian forest fire

'Catastrophic' Wildfires Hit Australia

By Becky Oskin published

About 100 bushfires raging in New South Wales, Australia's most populated state, forced thousands of people to flee their homes yesterday.

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Tree Surrounded by Flames During the Rim Fire

Experimental Forests Could Lessen Toll of Wildfires

By Tia Ghose published

A new method of thinning the forest that could be applied across the entire Sierra Nevada could slow and contain wildfires, preventing catastrophic conflagrations like the Rim Fire.

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Waldo canyon fire burn scar snapped by a satellite.

Wildfire Burn Scars Worsen Colorado Flooding

By Douglas Main published

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Half Dome Rim Fire

As West Warms, Wildfires Expected to Double by 2050

By Becky Oskin published

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Night View of The Rim Fire

Incredible Technology: How to Fight Wildfires

By Tanya Lewis published

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Trees Ablaze During Rim Fire in California

Rim Fire Endangers Experimental Forest

By Kristen Rodman published

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Ahwanee Lodge

Wildfire Fallout: Yosemite Pining for Visitors This Labor Day Weekend

By Becky Oskin published

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California Rim Wildfire Seen From Space

NASA Satellites Track California's Rim Wildfire from Space

By Miriam Kramer published

NASA satellites in orbit high above the surface of the Earth have caught sight of a huge wildfire burning in California.

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Astronaut Nyberg's Photo of Rim Fire from Space

Astronaut Snaps Photo of Raging California Wildfire

By Miriam Kramer published

A wildfire raging in Northern California can be seen from space. NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg snapped a photo of the blaze from her post aboard the International Space Station on Saturday (Aug. 24).

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