Even if you don't live in an area where wildfires are typical, it's important to know how to protect your health.

Experts warn that a prolonged dry spell may exacerbate forest fires and further worsen pollution levels. Vulnerable and ...

Learn about the lasting impact of wildfire smoke on urban surfaces and human health. Discover how these toxic pollutants ...

New research is strengthening the link between air pollution and dementia, with a recent study at the University of ...

(Bloomberg) -- As fires burned across LA this week, worried residents have been looking at measures of air quality to help determine how safe it is to be outside.Smoke from wildfires can travel ...

Climate scientists present a realistic supercomputer simulation that resolves the complex interactions between fire, vegetation, smoke and the atmosphere. The authors find that increasing greenhouse ...

In the days after the devastating wildfires, air monitors recorded some of the highest levels of air pollution in recent years, coinciding with a surge in hospital visits.

After the Van Vliet family lost their home in a fire, residents of Homewood, Flossmoor and Chicago Heights have helped them ...

Their recommendations, which are valuable to any community in the country confronted by smoke waves from wildfires and urban firestorms, include: Monitoring air quality is an imperfect science ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A fire at the world’s largest battery storage plant in Northern California smoldered Friday after sending plumes of toxic smoke ... is testing air quality at the facility ...