Research has increasingly connected wildfire and smoke with worsening mental health, partly due to damage in the brain.
In fall 2020, I woke up in an apocalypse. It was 8 a.m., but the world outside was dark and blanketed by an angry red sky. With all the lights on in the house, we watched specks of smoke and debris ...
The Desert Research Institute and NASA to learn more about harmful effects to help communities stay healthy as wildfires are ...
If you’ve felt the air quality has been getting worse during the summer due to wildfires, you’re not alone. The Oregon ...
NORTHERN MICHIGAN (WPBN/WGTU) -- Wildfire smoke and haze are expected to slowly lift out of northern Michigan by the end of the week, bringing relief for people who are more sensitive to poor air ...
Hundreds of ongoing fires in Canada have forced thousands to evacuate their homes and sent smoke to cities across the eastern United States. In 2020, the skies turned orange over the Bay Area, the ...
Californians have long dealt with wildfire smoke as a seasonal fact of life, but those fires have become more intense and ...
Record warmth and drought helped fuel a deadly wildfire season in 2020 that destroyed more than 8 million acres across many Western states. In addition to loss of life and property, the fires and ...
If the planet continues to warm at the current rate, smoke from wildfires will kill as many as 70,000 Americans a year by 2050, according to new research from Stanford University. The research, ...
Scientists know that air pollution — even short-term exposures — can be dangerous and even deadly. People with chronic conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure and respiratory or heart disease ...
Plus, wildfire prevention can change how much snowpack turns into useful water, rural homeowners could get some relief from ...