Lightning-sparked fires can be a big deal: The Canadian wildfires of 2023 generated nearly 500 million metric tons of carbon emissions, and lightning-started fires burned 93% of the area affected.

The Pentagon is rapidly burning through its stocks of precision weapons less than a week into the massive campaign of airstrikes against Iran, while also expending sophisticated air defense missiles ...

The LGA alleges individual councils had been approached to cover maintenance costs, or remove and replace the trees, in non-bushfire risk areas, at a conservative cost of $3m. Since 2018, the councils ...