Understanding how wildfires influence our planet's climate is a daunting challenge. Although fire occurs nearly everywhere on ...

How a new monitoring system improves fire detections and captures the air pollution effects of planned peatland burns.

The blaze is burning in a rural area of San Luis Obispo County, in the central coast, but its smoke has spread to nearby ...

California’s largest wildfire of the year grew to an estimated 70,801 acres Friday, producing smoke that has affected ...

Firefighters were battling a raging vegetation fire off Highway 166 east of Santa Maria that had charred 35,350 acres as of ...

The Los Padres National Forest, Cal Fire in San Luis Obispo, and Bureau of Land Management have been coordinating the ...

A massive wildfire scored 52,593 acres in the southeastern corner of San Luis Obispo County by Thursday evening, forcing the ...

Air pollution is a ‘public health crisis’ costing taxpayers up to £50bn a year, warns Royal College of Physicians ...

The U.S. has one of the world’s most advanced systems to monitor air pollutants. Can it keep up with a changing climate?

Often referred to as a “beneficial fire,” the fires target areas at risk for wildfires and burn away material that could ...

Alden Larsen reads a book on the lakefront near Diversey Harbor on on June 5, 2025, as the skyline is obscured by air pollution from Canadian wildfires. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune) ...