From mental health impacts to heightened risk of infections, recent studies underscore the myriad ways in which smoke exposure affects our health.

Maps show where new plumes of smoke will cause hazy skies through the end of the week. Low-level smoke is forecast to spread eastward Wednesday across the Appalachians and into the Mid-Atlantic and ...

[Smoke taint] is a lot more aggressive on the palate,” remarked Cerrato. This predominately affects red wines, particularly Pinot Noir, though white wines can also be affected. However, winemakers can ...

Earlier in 2025, wildfires in southern California killed 30 people, destroyed more than 18,000 homes and burned more than ...

Crete, Greece:: A tourist evacuating his hotel filmed this video of smoke spewing from a wildfire on CreteThe video, filmed ...

The U.S. health care system is ill-prepared to treat pregnant patients and their infants who have endured the impacts of wildfire smoke exposure, a new study finds. Many residents of communities ...

Unlike with thick wildfire smoke plumes, the Saharan dust will remain mostly in the upper atmosphere, because of the great distance of thousands of miles it must travel to reach the U.S.

As wildfires increasingly threaten lives, landscapes, and air quality across the U.S., a Stanford-led study published in AGU ...

The increasing frequency of long-distance wildfire smoke transport reflects broader changes in fire behavior and atmospheric patterns that are likely to continue affecting air quality across the ...

Wildfire smoke from the numerous blazes occurring in Canada has made its way across the Atlantic Ocean ... smoke has travelled nearly 7,000 kilometres––more than half of the globe in distance.

If wildfire smoke bothers you, pay attention to local air quality this week. ... NOW, ONE THING YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED TO LOOK OFF IN THE DISTANCE THERE, THAT CAMERA BOONE.

While the smoke may have come a long way, somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,300 miles, the distance hasn't diminished the threat. "You know the people with bad COPD or asthma, or people who have ...