As a series of massive fires continues to blaze through the Los Angeles area, blanketing neighborhoods with smoke and forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes, air quality remains unhealthy throughout many parts of the county. Wildfire smoke is a mixture of water vapor, gases, and microscopic particles known as particulate matter. The smallest […]
This story originally appeared on High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The more researchers learn about wildfire smoke, the more worrisome the picture gets. Smoke contains microscopic particles known as PM 2.5 because the PM (particulate matter) measures 2.5 microns or less—small enough to easily wiggle its way into our […]
Aerial footage shows a massive column of smoke, as a fire engulfed a shopping centre in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The blaze spread across 18,000 square metres and destroyed more than 200 stores, local media reported, citing fire brigade’s estimates. The smoke rose more than 150 metres high, and part of the shopping centre’s roof collapsed, […]
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TEHRAN — War in the Middle East escalated yet again early Saturday as Israel bombed targets in Iran in a spiraling pattern of attack and retaliation that has inflamed the region. Israel said it was punishing the Islamic Republic for its missile barrage early this month aimed at Israeli military installations and other sites. Those attacks […]
A wildfire burns in Quebec, Canada, in June of last year. Smoke from the fires drifted south to the United States. FREDERIC CHOUINARD / SOPFEU / Handout / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Early last summer, dull orange horizons replaced blue skies and hid city skylines in New York and Washington, D.C. Even the midday […]
