Three summers ago, the Caldor Fire burned its way up the Western Slope into the Tahoe Basin, scorching 221,835 acres. The fire burned for over two months, cloaking the lake and its surrounding ...

Poor air quality like what was experienced in June from the Canadian wildfire smoke can negatively affect water quality, but experts have yet to see the fire's impacts on the Ohio River or the return ...

RENO, Nev. — A recent study has revealed that smoke from wildfires can have detrimental effects on water bodies across Nevada. Conducted over two years in the Lamoille Canyon of the Ruby Mountains, ...

A new NASA-led study helps answer decades-old questions about the role of smoke and human-caused air pollution on clouds and rainfall. Looking specifically at deep convective clouds — tall clouds like ...

The Los Angeles wildfires have caused devastating losses of homes and lives — and survivors may also face hidden, although still potentially very dangerous, health effects. Wildfire smoke contains a ...

The smoke is has cleared from New York City earlier this month, but it’s now rolling into Chicago. A closely tracked global website, IQ Air, ranked Chicago as the worst city for air quality in the ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Researchers from the University of Utah took a deeper look at the 2020 wildfire season along the West Coast to see how they can impact our air quality. Derek Mallia is a research ...