As multiple wildfires blaze throughout Los Angeles County, more than 180,000 people have been displaced as smoke worsens the air quality in the area. Hundreds of thousands are also without power, and ...

Wildfires in Canada have caused smoke that has moved south into the U.S. Air quality in many parts of the eastern U.S. is poor. There could be long-term health effects of wildfire smoke. Wildfires in ...

More bad air is expected around the Boyle Heights warehouses that has been burning since Wednesday.

In recent years, Canadians have been subjected to both severe wildfire smoke and extreme heat events, as evidenced by the record-breaking 2023 wildfire season and the 2021 heat dome. Western Canada in ...

Ornithologists at the Natural History Museum and UCLA are studying how smoke from the January wildfires will affect the region’s birds. It’s part of a broader scientific effort to understand the ...

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Scientists are still studying the long-term health effects of smoke exposure. By Dani Blum Extreme wildfires are becoming more common, more intense and more of a pressing problem for public health.

In recent years, wildfires in the western U.S. have grown larger and more intense, stoked by factors like climate change and the build-up of dense trees and dry brush from past fire suppression. These ...

Photographers and creators looking for an easy way to create smoke effects in the videos or photographs may be interested in a small pocket sized smoke machine aptly named the SmokeGENIE. Designed to ...

Experts advise caution as definitive answers remain elusive. By Dani Blum A lot is still unknown about the toll wildfire smoke takes on your health. But most adults and children without pre-existing ...