Wildfire smoke is no longer a distant problem tied only to forests or remote mountains. It has become a daily health threat for millions of people across the United States and beyond. Smoke from fires ...

Wildfires may be sending far more harmful pollution into the air than scientists once believed, new research suggests. A study published Monday in Environmental Science & Technology, a journal of the ...

Changes to the atmosphere and to the climate are interrelated and understanding what effects such changes have is a complicated matter. Wildfires are increasingly commonplace and many of their effects ...

Using future climate scenarios based on wildfire damages in North America, scientists estimate that up to 10,000 or more lives may be saved annually in the United States if society is able to mitigate ...

The extreme heat, high winds, and severe dry conditions that produce towering, fast-moving flames that advance by the acre are not just becoming more common; new research shows that these factors are ...

Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, according to a new study. The paper, published Wednesday in the journal ...

Some wildfires are so intense, they create their own weather—thunderstorms driven by heat that hurtle smoke as high as 10 miles into the sky like giant chimneys. When these smoke plumes reach the thin ...

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 ...

Wildfire fire-induced air pollution is an urgent public health and environmental issue. The frequency, intensity, and duration of wildfires are rising ...

Last January, fires were raging across Los Angeles, smothering some 20 million people across the region in toxic smoke and ash. LA residents worried that the air was toxic, the soil contaminated, and ...