Differing concentrations of smoke and haze will drift from east to west through the day Wednesday. While most of the smoke will remain suspended well above the ground, there is the possibility that some of the smoke could mix down to the ground causing a concern for r...
Wildfires can be normal and healthy parts of an ecosystem, but today's fires can burn into unnatural infernos, producing unhealthy smoke that adversely impacts people's health hundreds of miles away. Different regions, at different times of year, will have a variety of influences stoking flames...
said the wind trajectory that allowed smoke and hazy conditions to be seen in the New York City area could continue for the next few days. Of course, he said, the main driver of conditions is the fires themselves. If they diminish, the haze would too. ...
The smoke from these fires has led to "significantly degraded air quality" throughout North America and even began reaching across the Atlantic to the European coast in the second week of June, according to Copernicus. In the U.S. on Tuesday, air quality alerts wer...
Damaged trees, dead trees, brush in the forests attributed to drought or invasive insects can also increase the amount of fuel for forest fires. What do we know about climate change and air pollution? The wildfires in Canada have prompted air quality alerts for the Northeastern U.S. and ot...
Many of the 436 wildfires raging right now, according to the latest numbers from\nCanada's Wildland Fire Information Systems, ignited either before or in the very earliest days of what's\nnormally a busy season for Canadian fires.Brian K Sullivan...
"It's almost impossible for nature alone to do these things," Phillips declared. "This wildfire season has been ramped up. These fires are bigger and badder." MORE: Canada breaks record for annual wildfire smoke emissions Should the planet continue to warm, the risk of even grea...
With the fires, comes the wildfire smoke, which is currently in abundance from southern B.C. to the northern Prairies. The smoke is expected to expand to the southern Prairies over the weekend. The smoke will also mo...
"We are seeing extreme fire behavior. Smoke columns are developing, and the skies are covered in smoke," St-Onge said at a news conference. The 2023 wildfire season in Canada was the worst on record, with 6,551 fires scorching nearly 46 million acres, from the West Coast to the Atlant...
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