The ongoing outbreak of fires in Canada is sending new waves of smoke into the American Midwest, and the pollution has been seen as far away as Europe.
Tag: Wildfires
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Chicago and Midwest Air Quality Declines as Canada Wildfire Smoke Lingers
Chicago residents were warned to stay indoors or wear masks, and the popular paths along Lake Michigan were quiet.
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Deforestation in Tropical Forests Increases,
Deforestation rates appear “headed in the wrong direction” despite international pledges to halt destruction, according to an annual assessment.
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Wildfire Smoke Has Made Me Homesick for the Sky
The sky has enormous power to shape our lives and to signal how disrupted our climate is becoming.
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Canadian Wildfires, Bigger Than Ever, Test Foreign Firefighters
The first foreign firefighters to reach Quebec amid Canada’s worst wildfire season on record said that some of the blazes were 100 times bigger than any they had ever seen.