A massive wildfire in the Florida Everglades continues to explode in size, to the point that it is now visible<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

A new study spanning 11 years of data has revealed a clear link between wildfire smoke pollution and an increase in violent ...

A new study shows eruptions and wildfires altered the upper atmosphere, yet recent surface warming points elsewhere.

A study has found that wildfires are reducing migratory bird activity at stopover sites. Led by Wieland Heim, a researcher of the Migration Ecology group at the University of Oldenburg, a team ...

As climate change makes wildfires more frequent, researchers from here at the University of New Mexico say the smoke — which ...

Smoke from wildfires is not something to be taken lightly, as it impacts air quality for miles. The danger of it can be measured on the air quality index (AQI), a scale that goes from zero to over 300 ...

Some wildfires are so intense, they create their own weather—thunderstorms driven by heat that hurtle smoke as high as 10 miles into the sky like giant chimneys. When these smoke plumes reach the thin ...

In fall 2020, I woke up in an apocalypse. It was 8 a.m., but the world outside was dark and blanketed by an angry red sky. With all the lights on in the house, we watched specks of smoke and debris ...

This post was updated Feb. 18 at 10:35 a.m. Experts have evaluated the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires to be among the top 10 most expensive natural disasters in United States history.