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Firefighters work the scene as an apartment building burns during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county, California on January 8, 2025. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

After the LA fires, skyrocketing rents

Jackie Lam
A man reacts as he arrives at his burned home during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles county, California on January 9, 2025. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

LA fires to worsen housing crisis

Daria Solovieva
Officials from Para State, northern Brazil, inspect a deforested area in the Amazon rain forest during surveillance in the municipality of Pacaja, 620 km from the capital Belem, on September 22, 2021. (EVARISTO SA/AFP via Getty Images)

What happens if the Amazon desertifies?

Eric Schank
Caskets for 15 victims of a fire that killed 19 people in the Bronx are wheeled into the Islamic Cultural Center for a mass funeral on Jan. 16, 2022. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

America in flames: Unknown crisis

Bob Hennelly - InsiderNJ
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Flames rise near homes during the Blue Ridge Fire on October 27, 2020 in Chino Hills, California. Strong Santa Ana Winds gusting to more than 90 miles per hour have driven the Blue Ridge Fire and Silverado Fire across thousands of acres, grounding firefighting aircraft, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee, and gravely injuring two firefighters. More than 8,200 wildfires have burned across a record 4 million-plus acres so far this year, more than double the previous record. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Scientists urge US to skip the fireworks

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
A cute goat (Getty Images)

Goat firefighters to the rescue

Dawn Starin
Residents defend a property from a bushfire at Hillsville near Taree, 350km north of Sydney on November 12, 2019. - A state of emergency was declared on November 11 and residents in the Sydney area were warned of "catastrophic" fire danger as Australia prepared for a fresh wave of deadly bushfires that have ravaged the drought-stricken east of the country. (Photo by PETER PARKS / AFP) (Photo by PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images) (Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images)

Australians berate PM for fire response

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - AUGUST 24: A smoky haze obstructs the view of the San Francisco skyline on August 24, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Smoke from western wildfires has settled in the San Francisco Bay Area and has pushed the air quality into unhealthy levels. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

New West: Smoke in sky, purifier in home

Mark Kreidler - KFF Health News
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Firefighters push down a wall while battling against a burning apartment complex in Paradise, north of Sacramento, California on November 09, 2018 (Getty/Josh Edelson)

California’s fires are getting worse

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
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We’ve entered the era of "fire tsunamis"

Eric Holthaus
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