Smoke from the wildfires raging in Canada in 2023 have affected parts of the U.S. and even traveled across the Atlantic to Europe. Here is the expected forecast for the smoke.
On Monday, the Twin Cities ofMinneapolis-St. PaulinMinnesotaclaimed the worst air quality in America afterwindscarried the smoke southeastward into the northern U.S. Theair quality forecastfor Minneapolis is improving to "good" for Tuesday through the rest of the workweek. The FOX Forecast Center...
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Huge gaps between air quality sensors in the western U.S. have created blind spots in the warning system for wildfire smoke plumes sweeping North America this summer, amid growing concern over potential health impacts to millions of people exposed to the pollution. Gove...
Wildfires and exposure to wildfire smoke (WFS) are forecasted to increase, in part driven by climate change. As witnessed in 2023, regions in Europe and North America are facing more sustained periods of poor air quality due to WFS. Growing evidence suggests average daily WFS correlates with ...
“you can see what the air quality is now and what it is likely to be in the near future so it can help you plan your day.” so far, smoke sense has revealed an unsurprising truth; that people only take action to stay out of the smoke once it starts to make them feel really ...
Wildfire smoke is an increasing environmental health threat to which children are particularly vulnerable, for both physiologic and behavioral reasons. To address the need for improved public health messaging this review summarizes current knowledge and
Wildfires are becoming more frequent and destructive in a changing climate. Fine particulate matter, PM2.5, in wildfire smoke adversely impacts human health. Recent toxicological studies suggest that wildfire particulate matter may be more toxic than equ
Pollution from wildfires constitutes a growing source of poor air quality globally. To protect health, governments largely rely on citizens to limit their own wildfire smoke exposures, but the effectiveness of this strategy is hard to observe. Using data from private pollution sensors, cell phones,...
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...
A satellite view of western North America on May 14, 2023, showing dense wildfire smoke over northwestern Canada. (NOAA) The greatest concentration of fires exists in the northern half of Alberta, where officials reported nearly90 active ...