Wildfire smoke is no longer just a short‑lived air quality problem drifting over cities for a few hazy days. New research shows that when these plumes rise high into the atmosphere, they can spawn ...

Days after a wildfire, a type of smoke can linger in the atmosphere that contains tiny, brown, light-absorbing particles known as tar balls. These particles are believed to have a significant impact ...

Wildfires are becoming more frequent and more severe — and where there’s fire, there’s smoke. That smoke can travel thousands of miles. As more people are exposed to wildfire smoke, researchers are ...

Being exposed to lingering fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) from wildfire smoke can have health effects for up to three months afterwards, well beyond the couple of days that previous studies have ...

The Southern California wildfires in January 2025 are expected to be one of the costliest natural disasters in United States (US) history, with economic losses currently ranging between $95 billion ...