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Wildfires raging across Canada, made more intense by global warming, have released more planet-warming carbon dioxide in the first six months of 2023 than in any full year on record, EU scientists said Tuesday.…

Smoke particulates from wildfires could cause between 4,000 and 9,000 premature deaths and cost between $36 to $82 billion per year in the United States, according to new research. The study, "Quantifying the Premature Mortality and…

As the eastern U.S. and Canada reeled from days of thick wildfire smoke in early June 2023, millions of people faced the reality of climate change for the first time. Shocking images of New York under apocalyptic orange skies left many…

The day John Vaillant’s new book about Canadian wildfires, Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World, came out in the US, Canadian wildfires became a temporary American obsession. Skies in the Northeastern United States turned orange,…

By BEATRICE DUPUY - Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Social media users are sharing a surprisingly effective way to protect yourself indoors from the toxic wildfire smoke blanketing much of the…

By BEATRICE DUPUY - Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Social media users are sharing a surprisingly effective way to protect yourself indoors from the toxic wildfire smoke blanketing much of the…

Smoke from more than 100 wildfires burning across Canada has been rolling into North American cities far from the flames. New York City and Detroit were both listed among the five most polluted cities in the world because of the fires…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Smoke from wildfires in Canada blankets the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and the National Mall in Washington, U.S., June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis By David Shepardson (Reuters) -Some flights into the New…

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Another piece of essential air quality protection may seem fairly low-tech, but that doesn't make it any less effective. Face masks received a lot of attention after COVID-19 spread across the planet, and have been a…