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Smoke From Wildfires Caused by Climate Change Will Fuel Many More Premature Deaths in the U.S., a New Study Warns

This would represent some of the country’s most costly consequences of a warming climate by mid-century, researchers say.

By Phil McKenna

A thick haze blankets New York City as smoke from Canadian wildfires impacts air quality on August 5. Credit: Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images
A television crew is shrouded in smoke from the Jones Road fire on April 24 in Forked River, N.J. Credit: Adam Gray/Getty Images

As Wildfires Increase, NJ Considers the Impact on Public Health

By Anna Mattson

Smoke from Canadian wildfires covers the Chicago skyline on June 6. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

As Wildfire Smoke Increases Bad-Air Days, Are Government Agencies Doing Enough?

By Leigh Giangreco

Winter Reign (center) and Brendan Armm (right) regroup with their children, River and Leaf, as they clean their Pacific Palisades home on April 6 after it sustained smoke and soot damage from the Los Angeles wildfires.

A Neighborhood Burned, a Home Saved, a Future in Question

Story and photos by Nina Dietz

Adriana has been farming for over 20 years, migrating from Oaxaca, Mexico, to Oxnard, Calif. Adriana has suffered serious falls multiple times, and can feel her lungs weakening year by year. Credit: Rambo Talabong/Inside Climate News

In California, Flawed Air Rules Threaten Farmworkers as Wildfires Pump More Smoke Onto Fields

By Rambo Talabong

Plumes of smoke fill the sky as a brush fire burns on Jan. 7 in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Credit: David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images

How Should You Clean Your House After It’s Engulfed in Wildfire Smoke?

By Anna Gibbs

Residents evacuate their home as a brush fire burns on Jan. 7 in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. Credit: Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images

Doctors and Medical Schools Are Changing Treatments and Training to Respond to the Warming Climate

By Nicole Williams

Smoke and flames overwhelm the Altadena area of Los Angeles County during the Eaton Fire on Jan. 8. Credit: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

Smoke and Ash Made More Toxic by the Contents of Burning Homes Threaten Residents of LA and Beyond

By Audrey Gray and Andrew Robinson

Aquatic Ecosystems Aren’t Immune to Wildfire Impacts, Research Shows

By Kiley Price

Heavy smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets downtown St. Paul, Minn. on June 14, 2023. Credit: Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images

The Midwest Could Be in for Another Smoke-Filled Summer. Here’s How States Are Preparing

By Kristoffer Tigue

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Is Triggering Outdoor Air Quality Alerts Across the Midwestern U.S. It Could Pollute the Indoors, Too

By Kiley Price

Local chefs have been feeling the heat of climate-fueled losses. Credit: Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Struggling Chefs Are Fired Up About Climate-Fueled Supply Chain Woes

By Kiley Price

Smoke rises from the Oak Fire near Mariposa, Calif. on July 24, 2022. The wildfire burned through several thousand acres while Californians dealt with record-setting temperatures. Credit: David McNew/AFP via Getty Images

Converging Climate Risks Interact to Cause More Harm, Hitting Disadvantaged Californians Hardest

By Liza Gross

Haze obscures the skyline in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on June 27, 2023. Smoke from wildfires in Canada caused low air quality and obscured visibility. Credit: Nick Rohlman / The Gazette

Midwest States, Often Billed as Climate Havens, Suffer Summer of Smoke, Drought, Heat

By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Chloe Johnson, Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Smoke blankets the City of Chicago as a result of wildfires in Canada. Credit: Aydali Campa

Prepare for More Smoky Summers in the Midwest and Northeast

By Aydali Campa

People wear masks as they wait for the tramway to Roosevelt Island as smoke from Canadian wildfires casts a haze over the area on June 7, 2023 in New York City. Credit: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

Your Guide to Understanding the East Coast Smokepocalypse

By Kristoffer Tigue

Wildfire smoke hovers over the Pacific coast of northern New South Wales, Australia in September 2019. Credit: Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data/Gallo Images via Getty Images

How Wildfire Smoke from Australia Affected Climate Events Around the World

By Bob Berwyn

A woman and her children cross the street at the intersection of Fruitvale Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard in the Dimond District of Oakland, California, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Credit: Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images

As Extreme Fires Multiply, California Scientists Zero In on How Smoke Affects Pregnancy and Children

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

Smoke from Southern California wildfires moves towards the Pacific Ocean, creating spectacular dark skies as a local on Oxnard Shores Beach California captures the moment on Nov. 9, 2018. Credit: Paul Harris/Getty Images

Wildfire Smoke May Worsen Extreme Blazes Near Some Coasts, According to New Research

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

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