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Google's new Earth AI models include Imagery, Population, and Environment models.

Google unveils new Earth AI models with geospatial reasoning to improve disaster-response

October 27, 2025 9:13 am

The new Gemini reasoning capability integrated in Google Earth can be used to spot dried-up rivers or harmful algae contaminating drinking water supply.

Firefighters near the Eaton fire in the mountains between Altadena and Mount Wilson in Los Angeles County, Jan. 10, 2025. Pollution from fires, intensified by rising temperatures, is on track to become one of America’s deadliest climate disasters. (Loren Elliott/The New York Times)

Wildfire smoke will kill thousands more by 2050, study finds

October 03, 2025 5:22 pm

Even under a more moderate climate scenario, in which humans curb greenhouse gas emissions to lessen future warming, the study found the death toll from wildfire smoke would remain similarly high, reaching some 67,000 annual deaths by 2050.

Two firefighters held at Washington ICE detention center amid wildfire, US representative says

August 31, 2025 7:04 am

According to a US Customs and Border Protection statement on Thursday, the Bureau of Land Management had terminated contracts with the firefighting companies.

Dangerous heat descends on California and Southwest, raising wildfire risk

August 20, 2025 10:24 am

The National Weather Service issued an extreme heat warning for Southern California starting Wednesday into the weekend.

Spain battles 20 major wildfires amid scorching heat, deploys 500 extra soldiers

August 18, 2025 6:46 am

One of the most affected areas in Spain is northwestern region of Galicia, where several wildfires have combined to form a large blaze which has led to the closure of highways and rail services.

Wildfires sweep southern Europe, killing at least 3, forcing mass evacuations

August 14, 2025 12:00 pm

So far in 2025, fires have scorched nearly 4,40,000 hectares across the eurozone, double the average for this time of year since 2006, according to the EU’s Joint Research Centre.

Parts of Europe burn as millions face record heat, temperature soars past 40 degrees Celsius

August 13, 2025 8:31 am

Europe is warming faster than any other continent, at twice the speed of the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.

Wildfires threaten Turkey's fourth-largest city as locals evacuate

July 27, 2025 2:47 pm

Overnight fires in the forested mountains surrounding Bursa in northwest Turkey spread rapidly, tinting the night sky over the city’s eastern suburbs with a red glow.

US lawmakers ask Canada to curb wildfire smoke ruining their summer

July 10, 2025 12:23 pm

“In our neck of the woods, summer months are the best time of the year to spend time outdoors recreating, enjoying time with family," the lawmakers wrote in a letter.