Landmark task force report could reshape how insurers evaluate smoke damage in homes left standing after wildfires ...

Californians have long dealt with wildfire smoke as a seasonal fact of life, but those fires have become more intense and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smoke rolls up a hillside from the Palisades Fire on Jan. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Eric Thayer Urban fires are unique in ...

The 2025 Eaton fire's smoke did more than darken the sky: It generated a carbon monoxide and particulate matter surge that ...

A new study estimates that chronic exposure to PM2.5 from wildfire smoke caused an average of 24,100 deaths per year in the U.S. from 2006–2020. Researchers found mortality increased with higher smoke ...

Showing off two photos taken in 2021 from an air quality monitoring station atop the M Resort, Clark County Department of ...

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Researchers from the University of California, Davis, and U.S. Department of Agriculture spent this summer applying a calcium spray to grapes to see if the treatment can protect the fruit from smoke ...

Plumes of fiery smoke drift over Santa Monica at night as the Pacific Palisades fire burns near Los Angeles on January 7, 2025. (Ward DeWitt/Getty Images) When wildfires began racing through the Los ...