The destruction caused by the recent Palisades, Eaton, and Hughes Fires in Los Angeles County is hard to put into words.

In 2020 the USA faced the dual challenges of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and wildfires that burned through millions of acres of grass and woodland. Wildfire smoke contains high ...

Detroit's air quality ranked among the worst in the country on Friday morning following heavy fireworks use over the Fourth of July holiday, posing "very unhealthy" conditions for children, seniors ...

Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter like PM2.5 components in polluted air can not only cause respiratory diseases, ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A brown haze settled over the Front Range this week, leading the state to issue bans on indoor fires and to advise people to avoid driving as much as ...

Late last week, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed tighter limits to one of the country’s most dangerous air pollutants: fine particulate matter, or soot. But while the long-awaited move ...

Air quality throughout North Carolina will remain at unsafe levels Thursday for those with respiratory problems, as smoke from wildfires in Canada continued to drift south. The N.C. Division of Air ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Early life exposure to fine particulate matter (PM) in air is associated with infant respiratory disease and childhood asthma, but limited ...

Electric vehicles have grown significantly in popularity in recent years, with many governments worldwide implementing a variety of incentives to promote their adoption. A primary motivation for these ...