Diminishing periods of snow cover in northern forests, shortened by climate change, are poised to disrupt a delicate balance in some of the planet's most climate-sensitive regions—according to new ...
Residents across Minnesota faced air quality readings in the “very unhealthy” range this week as wildfire smoke from Canada blanketed the Upper Midwest and drifted south through the Great Plains and ...
"Fires normally slow down during the night, or they just stop," said study co-author Xianli Wang, a fire scientist with the Canadian Forest Service. "But under extreme fire hazard conditions, fire ...
A new report on global air pollution shows that the majority of the world’s population breathes unhealthy air, and climate change is making the problem worse. The report was published Tuesday by IQAir ...
ITHACA — In June of 2023, more than 100 wildfires raging in Quebec spread a haze of thick smoke over New York state. The smoke blotted out the sun above John Boyd Thacher State Park, tinted the air in ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Burning time for North American wildfires is going into overtime. Flames are lasting later into the night and starting earlier in the morning because human-caused climate change is ...