A new study finds wildfire smoke has undone up to 20 years of air quality improvements achieved in the U.S. since 2000.

This summer will be remembered for being shrouded in a choking haze as wildfire smoke from Canada poured south into the United States and was seen as far east as Northern Europe. The smoke from ...

Wildfire smoke has slowed down or reversed America’s progress toward achieving better air quality, a study by researchers with Stanford University found. By spewing plumes of ...

New research shows air quality gains in the U.S. have been cut by wildfire smoke. Scientists are sounding the alarm for ...

Sep. 20, 2023 — The world's first study of the increase in pollution from landscape fires across the globe over the past two decades reveals that over 2 billion people are exposed to at least ...

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued an air quality advisory for Tuesday and Wednesday because of smoke coming ...

2:00 pm on June 7, 2023: A view from an apartment building in Brooklyn. Credit: Alec Plasker The wildfire haze turned the Sun bright red in the Northeastern US. Credit: Sandy Roberts, Science Friday ...

Wildfire smoke is a complex mixture of gases and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) produced during the combustion of vegetation and other organic materials in a wildfire. While the immediate health ...

A study from the University of Michigan published last month found that wildfires, as well as emissions from farming, may pose especially toxic threats to a person’s cognitive health, even ...

This summer will be remembered for being shrouded in a choking haze as wildfire smoke from Canada poured south into the United States and was seen as far east as Northern Europe. The smoke from ...