Environment Canada has put a large portion of Ontario under a special air quality statement due to the smoke. The weather agency said smoke plumes from forest fires over northeastern Ontario and ...

As wildfires ravage Los Angeles, experts answer key questions about how wildfire smoke affects health and how to protect yourself.

Researchers from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada have found that smoke from wildfires can transport toxic pollutants ...

Canada is investing $72 million on a novel satellite constellation that will monitor active forest fires across the country, ...

Even though the Palisades and Eaton fires are now mostly contained, the Santa Ana winds have led to new fires flaring up ...

In 2023, large portions of the US saw significant dips in air quality and visibility as smoke from wildfires north of the Canadian border billowed across the continent. Canada experienced a record ...

The Government of Canada says it is investing millions of dollars to build a satellite constellation that will monitor ...

Smoke from fires reduced air quality through the United States and Canada, reaching as far as Mexico and Europe. For decades, scientists have been sounding the alarm of the snowballing effects of ...

Wildfire smoke, in addition, has eroded decades of air quality work. Since 2016 in nearly three quarters of the contiguous ...

Researchers have shown that plumes of wildfire smoke can carry contaminants hundreds of kilometers, leaving a toxic and ...

Last year, poor air quality from wildfire smoke in Canada spread all the way to New York and many states in northeastern America, posing dangerous threats to health hundreds and thousands of miles ...

Airnow.gov is showing the air quality in southern California during the January 2025 fires. Airnow.gov The EPA urges residents to wear N95 respirators to protect their lungs from smoke ...