A study of 2023 Canadian wildfire smoke transport and its air quality effects on US.Western (eastern) Canada's wildfires occurred from May to September (mainly in June).Upper-level troughs or cyclones drove smoke transport to the US.Smoke transport caused recurrent US pollution events with ...
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“Climate change and air quality cannot be treated separately. They go hand-in-hand and must be tackled together. It would be a win-win situation for the health of our planet, its people and our economies, to recognize the inter-relationship and act accordingly,” said WMO Deputy-...
the United States. Wildfires in the northeastern United States have continued to spread, reaching New York City's suburban areas days ago and worsening air quality across the city and nearby regions over the weekend. (
Emergency response programs manager Sunny Lee said the homeless were particularly vulnerable to bad air. "There was no place for them to go inside, and so they were suffering even more outside with the poor air quality, without any kind of masks," said Lee. "So, we pushed...
The extension came as an unhealthy band of smoky air stretched from International Falls through the Iron Range to south of Brainerd. The Greenwood Lake fire is burning on roughly 40 square miles (104 square kilometers) in the Superior National Forest and appears to have leveled off in size, ...
Ways to protect your health when air quality is bad Experts say the particles in wildfire smoke can cause headaches, irritate sinuses, make noses run and eyes water, among milder symptoms. Poor air quality also increases the risk of much more severe health issues, including stroke, heart attack...
The 2022 wildfires in New Mexico, United States, were unparalleled compared to past wildfires in the state in both their scale and intensity, resulting in poor air quality and a catastrophic loss of habitat and livelihood. Among all wildfires in New Mexico in 2022, six wildfires were selected ...
For populations impacted by these wildfires and their smoke, maps are increasingly important tools for staying safe. Use the open data resources listed here to build your own maps of fires and air quality. Defensible.app uses data from Purple Air and Viirs to add air quality and active fire ...
Much of the air was in the “unhealthy or worse categories in areas from the mid-Atlantic through the Northeast and parts of the Upper Great Lakes,” according to an advisory issued by the Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday night. U.S. authorities issued air quality alerts in multiple...