Morning Overview on MSN

Canadian wildfire smoke that already fouled the Upper Midwest has drifted as far south as Florida, with Minnesota’s air hitting very unhealthy this week

Residents across Minnesota faced air quality readings in the “very unhealthy” range this week as wildfire smoke from Canada ...
FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul on MSN

Wildfire danger triggers campfire ban across Boundary Waters starting June 6

Campfire restrictions are coming to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) as wildfire risk rises across northern ...
Climate Central

Climate Change Worsens Wildfire Smoke

Real-time tools, visuals, and other resources to quantify the role of climate change in weather events. Alerts We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable ...
Forbes

Neutralize Wildfire Threats - Before They Become Wild or Fires

Wildfire disaster are expensive, and they keep happening. The cost of human life, property and the environment is catastrophic. In February 2024, the Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle ...
The New York Times

Wildfires in the West Aren’t Just Getting Bigger. They’re Faster, Too.

In recent decades, fast-growing blazes were responsible for an outsize share of fire-related devastation, scientists found using satellite data. By Raymond Zhong Wildfires aren’t just tearing through ...
ssir.org

Fueling Innovation to Navigate the Wildfire Challenge Ahead

One glimpse at the August 2024 wildfire incident map of Western North America and one might have thought half the continent was on fire. Oregon had declared a statewide wildfire state of emergency ...
Nature

Wildfire smoke and its harmful effects will worsen with climate change

Pollution from wildfire smoke is increasing in the United States. Climate change is projected to exacerbate the problem, leading to 70,000 premature deaths each year by 2050. If no extra measures are ...