However, as wildfire smoke becomes a more frequent and persistent feature of summers in North America and around the world, researchers have begun to consider thelonger-term health implications. There is growing evidence that expo...
rainfall toSouth America’s west coast but bringsdroughtconditions to the Hawaiian Islands. Indeed, the interval of June to August 2023 was a period of worsening drought on Maui and in other parts of Hawaii. As the drought increased in severity, it dried vegetation, much of it made up of ...
Both products found that wildfires over North America caused exceptionally high PM2.5emissions compared to the reference period 2003–2023. Above average PM2.5levels were also measured over India, due to an increase in pollution emissions from human and industrial activities. By contrast, Chi...
“As wildfire events in North America have been increasing, we must become equipped not only to prevent and extinguish fires, but to also clean or purify our air in order to minimize the negative impacts of these air pollution events on the health of our communities,” lead researcher Kathyan...
Dozens of wildfires are burning across Canada in May 2024 and sending unhealthy smoke blowing into the northern US again. At the same time, the southeastern US is getting smoke from Mexico, where drought (干旱) conditions have been fueling fires. Last year, Canada’s record 2023 wildfire sea...
While theCanada wildfire seasonruns from May through October, such destruction this early in the 2023 season is rare. The first six weeks put it on track to make 2023 its most destructive wildfire season in history. This Canadian crisis has not been limited to the Great North. Smoke fromthe...
"In previous years, Canada had the cleanest air quality in all of North America," said Glory Dolphin Hammes, CEO of IQAir's North American division. SEE ALSO:Officials already preparing for potentially active 2024 wildfire...
Rising emissions from wildfires over recent decades in the Pacific Northwest are known to counteract the reductions in human-produced aerosol pollution over North America. Since amplified Pacific Northwest wildfires are predicted under accelerating clima
July 25 2023 Dozens die in Algerian wildfires as temperatures soar towards 50C Blistering heat across Mediterranean region spreads to dry and mountainous parts of north Africa Climate change European and North American heatwaves ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change ...
Recent evidence also suggests that woody encroachment increases wildfire danger, particularly in the Great Plains of North America, where highly volatile Juniperus spp. convert grasslands to an alternative woodland state. Spot-fire distances are a critical component of wildfire danger, describing the ...