New studies highlight the deadly impact of wildfire smoke on public health, exacerbating asthma and causing thousands of ...

Wildfire has long been a part of life for many Americans. But recently, as wildfires have become larger, more destructive and longer-lasting, a new risk has come into focus for millions across the ...

A warming climate has made it more challenging to deal with wildfires by extending the number of days they can occur and leading to faster-growing larger fires that can have major impacts on air ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 7: People wear masks as they wait for the tramway to Roosevelt Island as smoke from Canadian wildfires casts a haze over the area on June 7, 2023 in New York City. Air ...

Recent years have seen a surge in interdisciplinary research aimed at improving wildfire evacuation policies and understanding human behaviour in emergencies. Scholars are now combining traffic ...

New research finds that treated forests are 88% less susceptible to high-severity wildfire than their unmanaged counterparts, and can recover carbon stocks in only seven years. The findings, carried ...

In a windowless, warehouse-sized lab on campus, a team of CU Boulder researchers huddle around two wind tunnels—long metal tubes that blow air currents at controlled speeds. Laura Shannon, a graduate ...

A before-and-after study of wildfires in the Plumas National Forest compared private timber land with public lands. The results: The orderly arrangement of trees planted for logging leads to more ...

Wildfire-induced deterioration of air quality leads to increase in indoor activities fostering conditions conducive to airborne transmission. (HealthDay News) — Wildfire-induced deterioration of air ...