NASA This image shows wild and prescribed fires burning in the southeastern United States in February 2017. Prescribed fires are set deliberately by wildland fire management agencies to remove ...

A new analysis of air quality data from the past 70 years shows that Canada's record wildfire smoke in 2023 is part of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wildfire smoke is an emerging nationwide crisis for the United States. Supercharged by climate change, blazes are swelling into ...

With multiple major bushfires still burning in Victoria under largely cloud-free skies, smoke is now clearly visible via ...

Wildfire smoke is no longer just a short‑lived air quality problem drifting over cities for a few hazy days. New research shows that when these plumes rise high into the atmosphere, they can spawn ...

During wildfire season, every fire comes with the direct risk of what it burns. But there is a secondary risk that comes with all wildfires: The impact of smoke haze on human health. Smoky air is a ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The 560 wildfires that have scorched California this week have created a 1,214-mile smoke plume visible from space, new NASA imagery shows. The space agency on Thursday released ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Wildfire smoke is difficult to avoid in disadvantaged communities. Urban heat islands worsen air quality and add ...

The fires affected millions of people in the region. It could take years to understand the health consequences, but ongoing ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Yifang Zhu, University of California, Los Angeles (THE CONVERSATION) When wildfires ...

Wildfire smoke is an emerging nationwide crisis for the United States. Supercharged by climate change, blazes are swelling into monsters that consume vast landscapes and entire towns. A growing body ...