A team of researchers say that human-caused climate change had an important impact on the recent ferocious wildfires that engulfed parts of Chile and Argentina’s Patagonia region, making the extremely ...

When these trees burn, they release massive amounts of carbon, intensifying the very climate crisis fueling these wildfires.

Mirtza Aguilera, right, and her daughter embrace in front of their home burned by wildfires in Tome, Chile, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Javier Torres) Mirtza Aguilera, right, and her daughter ...

FLORIDA, Chile (AP) — Firefighters and security forces battling blazes in Chile that have killed at least 21 people and ravaged swaths of forest this week faced other dangers, too, from attempted ...