We now live in the Pyrocene, a proposed new geologic epoch of high wildfire activity brought about by human-caused climate change. The occurrence of extreme fire weather is now roughly double compared ...

Smoke from the Bear Gulch Fire in the Olympic National Forest near Lake Cushman has been drifting across a large swath of Western Washington and intermittently worsening the air quality throughout the ...

Wildfire smoke blown north from the Moon Complex Fire burning in Southern Oregon prompted the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA) to issue an air quality advisory beginning Monday, September ...

Canadian wildfire smoke is impacting air quality across a dozen northeastern and midwestern U.S. states. Air quality is expected to remain poor in the Northeast through Tuesday, with some improvement ...

Smoke from hundreds of wildfires in Canada has smothered the skies over dozens of northern U.S. states in the Great Lakes and Northeast regions. After several days of haze and poor air quality, relief ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect the current wildfire smoke conditions in the U.S. The original story was published Jan. 8, 2025. Smoke from Canadian wildfires continued to prompt ...

Around same time as this fire, Boulder Fire officials say there was a small wildfire at 63rd Street and Plateau Road in ...

People play rugby in the hazy weather on July 27 in New York City. There are currently smoke advisories across the Midwest and Northeast as a result of wildfires in Canada. Alejandra Borunda (she/her) ...