The National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, a federal agency that coordinates wildfire-fighting, said 80 large fires were burning on 2,200 square miles in nine Western states. The 16 square mile fire east of Portland forced hundreds of home evacuations. Embers from the fire drifted ...
according to a report published Tuesday byCopernicus, the European Union's Earth observation program. About 160 megatons of carbon emissions have been released from the smoke, the highest annual total estimated for Canada since Copernicus's Global Fire Assimilation System be...
NEW YORK (KPEL News) - Wildfires in Canada have been sending a lot of smoke our way, with major American cities like New York looking almost apocalyptic. Hundreds of wildfires have been burning around Canada, from British Columbia and Alberta in the west, as well as Nova Scotia and Quebec ...
Wildfire smoke can harm human health, even when the fire is hundreds of kilometres away. Here's how. By Christopher T. Migliaccio, University of Montana Leer en español Smoke from more than 100 wildfires burning across Canada has been rolling...
NEW YORK-- New Yorkers were being urged to stay inside Thursday, as air quality concerns continued due to smoky haze from the Canadian wildfires. Health officials said if you have to go out, wear a facemask. The wildfires are causing dangerous air quality levels in New York City, reaching...
Using a random forest algorithm, we estimate future fire activity and fire related PM2.5 under different climate change scenarios. With global warming, we calculate that fire activity could increase by up to 120 % by 2100. Annual fire smoke PM2.5 from fires is expected to increase by 7.7 μ...
Make an escape plan in case a fire breaks out in your home. Practice it often with your family. Crawl on the floor to escape a burning building. The air will be cooler and cleaner. Use smoke detectors in your home. Put 1 detector on each level of your home and outside each bedroom...
So how did this happen? Canadadropped a smoke bombon us. Apparently some Canadian campers couldn't figure out how to put out their campfires. And now half their country is on fire, and we're smoked out. Is Smokey the Bear just an American bear?
Man rescued from U.S. smokestack fire had safety concerns
In recent years, wildland fires have occurred more frequently and with increased intensity in many fire-prone areas. In addition to the direct life and economic losses attributable to wildfires, the emitted smoke is a major contributor to ambient air pol