A July 12, 2024 aerial view of a wildfire near Canada’s northeastern town of Wabush. A forest fire in northeastern Canada that forced the evacuation of more than 9,000 people a week ago is now under control, allowing those displaced to begin returning home, authorities said Saturday. The risk to the towns of Labrador City
A sunset is seen through smoke from wildfires in Brazil’s Pantanal June 28, 2024. A riverside community in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands narrowly escaped raging wildfires last month, but some say the record-setting blazes—still burning nearby—are compounding threats to their way of life. “The river was the only thing separating us from the flames. On the
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Credit: Junior Libby/public domain Angelenos hoping to cozy up by the fireplace this week should make other plans. The South Coast Air Quality Management District has extended a no-burn order for much of Southern California through Thursday amid poor air quality. The agency chalks up the bad air to—coincidentally— residents enjoying holiday fires as well
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People in poorer countries are disproportionately suffering from air pollution spewed from the increasing scourge of fires in forests and fields around the world, according to new research published Wednesday. Landscape fires include blazes in forests, shrub, grass, pastures and agricultural lands, whether planned or uncontrolled such as the wildfires that