Later in June, thesmoke heavily affected the Midwest, withair quality alertsin cities including Detroit, Minneapolis and Chicago. As forecasts anticipated, the smoke in the U.S. has fluctuated, but the fires in Canada are still burning. Here's what to know about the ongoing wildfires. Are t...
Technically, in well under a minute, we’ve created a map showing the spread of smoke from Canada’s fires. Because the layer is time-enabled, a time slider automatically appears that allows us to play or step through the time intervals in the forecast. View larger image The pop-up deliv...
OpenAQ provides open data on air quality measures across the US and around the world. The Statesman Journal’s wildfire map combines data sources for smoke plumes, active fires, and burned areas International data sources In addition to the devastation in the US, Australia’s fire season is abo...
Minnesota's first air quality alert of 2024 was issued. Here's the harm wildfire smoke can cause. A hazy city skyline and quiet sidewalk strip tell part of the story up north in Canada, where dozens of wildfires rage. May 15 More wildfires bring air quality alerts to Twin Cities ...
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Also from the ESA:this animated map of fire outbreaks in Canadaduring the same period. Previously:Fire and Smoke Forecast Maps;Wildfires in Alberta. Fire and Smoke Forecast Maps Published on15 June 2023byJonathan Crowe Last week my location was blanketed by smoke from forest fires in northern ...
Wildfire smoke often covers areas larger than the burned area, yet the impacts of smoke on nearby aquatic ecosystems are understudied. In the summer of 2018, wildfire smoke covered Castle Lake (California, USA) for 55 days. We quantified the influence of
Forest wildfires directly contribute to elevated PM2.5 concentrations, for example, more than 20% of PM2.5 in the USA in 2014 was due to wildfires. Stanford University researchers have found that wildfire smoke is undermining decades of air quality gains and that fire smoke is exposing millions ...
In all cases, individual users can learn and interact with air quality and other citizen scientists. As such, learning about the issue of wildfire smoke and health advances knowledge at the level of individual participants but also overall, across participants. Smoke Sense has employed an ...
Thank you in advance. :) One Planet Only Forever at 13:50 PM on 1 July, 2023 PollutionMonster @9, The Health Canada resource "Wildfire smoke, air quality and your health" may help you deal with the smoke effects. One Planet Only Forever at 07:46 AM on 2 July, 2023 Pollution...