Researchers have shown that plumes of wildfire smoke can carry contaminants hundreds of kilometers, leaving a toxic and ...

Researchers have shown that plumes of wildfire smoke can carry contaminants hundreds of kilometers, leaving a toxic and lingering footprint which has the potential to be re-released into the ...

Researchers have shown that plumes of wildfire smoke can carry contaminants hundreds of kilometres, leaving a toxic and lingering footprint which has the potential to be re-released into the ...

The composition of a wildfire can also have an impact on human health. With the California fires engulfing homes and businesses, smoke in the region is likely carrying chemicals released from ...

In 2023, smoke from wildfires in Canada spread along the eastern coast of the U.S. and beyond, prompting officials to issue air quality warnings in places including New York, North Carolina ...

There is no known safe level of exposure to some of these pollutants, meaning that even low levels of wildfire smoke can negatively impact your health, according to Health Canada. Urban wildfires ...

A study, opens new tab in Maryland identified a spike in heart and lung illnesses in 2023 that was associated with wildfire smoke originating up to 2,100 miles (3,380 km) away in Canada.

Finally, remember what happened to the smoke generated by the wildfires in Central Canada in 2023. They spread all the way across the Northeast U.S., as I reported for Forbes at the time.

But earlier in 2024, multiple states issued air quality warnings as smoke from “out of control” wildfires in Canada blew across the border for the second year in a row. The smoke makes people ...

Six wildfires have been exploding across the Los Angeles area since Tuesday, and the Santa Ana winds and a drought brought on by less than 0.1 inches of rain since May have been fueling them.

Smoke from wildfires can travel significant ... The wildfires that ravaged Canada’s boreal forests in 2023 produced more greenhouse gases than the burning of fossil fuels in all but three ...

That was on display in 2023 when wildfire smoke traveled from Canada and descended on New York and other parts of the East Coast. The widespread smoke during Australia’s 2019 to 2020 wildfire ...