Smoke caused by the fires burning in the eastern Quebec and Ontario provincessent a haze across the borderinto New York and several other U.S. states last year, worsening air quality and causing issues for people sensitive to pollution. Authorities are already bracing for this year's wildfires ...
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...
Thursday morning there will still be haze in the sky and smoke on the surface, but this will be mixing with fresh air through the next few days and will begin clearing out. The fire is still burning and producing smoke today, but that is being carried out to the...
Fires and Smoke in Manitoba, CanadaEducation
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...
When wildfire smoke from huge fires in Canada blanketed the US in the summer of 2023, emergency rooms saw an increase in admissions for lung problems, heart attacks and other health issues. Burning fossil fuels has driven climate change, and now climate change is costing people their health an...
According to reports, fireworks start over 19,000 fires every year, while sending more than 9,000 people to the ER each year in the United States. You should always check your local federal, state, and city regulations before lighting off any fireworks. States, counties, and cities may have...
While many of the wildfires across the country are human-caused, climate change may also increase the severity of storms, meaning there could be more lightning to start fires. A satellite captures wildfire smoke on May 16, 2023. (NASA EarthData) On the opposite side of ...
“The time has come for us to look at how we fleeted our firefighting equipment for forest fires and rebuild a robust fleet,” he said. While certain provinces have expressed interest in replacing some of their more than 50-year-old models, one Canadian company making a large skim...
Less black smoke is evident now, and some of the residents have ventured home. But the fire is still burning, and Latto said there is enough oxygen beneath the pile’s surface to fuel the blaze for weeks or months. In the United States, tire fires have burned for six months or longer...