Every wildfire is now a ticking time bomb for the global carbon cycle, and we're witnessing something unprecedented in human history. The hotter and more often a stand of boreal forest catches fire, ...

Question: We have had lots of smoky air in Minnesota the past few summers from wildfires. Why is it so much worse? Answer: As you know, most of our smoky skies are caused by fires burning in Canada.

Lately you need to add the word “hazy” to describe the lazy days of summer in Michigan. Wildland fires in Canada – and especially Manitoba – along with others in the United States have millions of ...

A giant fire last year consumed much of Canada’s Jasper National Park. Canadian scientists leading research into wildfires are using the blaze to learn lessons for the future. Recreational vehicles in ...

Jonah Kaplan is an award-winning journalist who has built a strong reputation for his balanced reporting, thoughtful interviews, and deeply researched coverage of high-impact issues affecting the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Did you see the red sun floating in the hazy sky over Chicago this morning? The milky, hazy sky Tuesday is the result of smoke drifting thousands of miles from forest fires in Canada, ...

With Canadian wildfires seemingly out of control, states from Wisconsin to Maine and as far south as Pennsylvania and Minnesota are facing air quality warnings. People suntan on the Lakefront Trail on ...

Fires, storms and the potential for near-record high temperatures across the western US are in the offing for the coming week. The Gifford Fire, about 125 miles northwest of Los Angeles, had burned ...

Fires, storms and the potential for near-record high temperatures across the western U.S. are in the offing for the coming week. The Gifford Fire, about 125 miles northwest of Los Angeles, had burned ...