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![Smog blankets Los Angeles.]()
![Smog blankets Los Angeles.]()
Hot days mean worse air. So why are climate and smog seen as separate?
UN report confirms that local agencies need to add heat into air pollution equation
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![Smoke from California's Blue Ridge Fire turned skies a hazy orange.]()
![Smoke from California's Blue Ridge Fire turned skies a hazy orange.]()
New study strengthens link between wildfire smoke and severe COVID
Smoke from last year’s West Coast wildfires was associated with almost 20,000 excess COVID-19 cases.
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Disasters aren’t natural — they’re political, a new book argues
Preparing for climate change means urgently reimagining disaster management.
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The best-case climate scenario is going to be extremely hard
A planet at 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming is still infinitely better than the alternative.
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![Firefighters fight the Dixie Fire on July 26 amid smoky skies.]()
![Firefighters fight the Dixie Fire on July 26 amid smoky skies.]()
The Dixie Fire is moving too fast for California’s emergency alert systems
TV broadcasts and phone calls are no match for today’s quick-moving fires.
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Western wildfires are so intense they’re creating their own thunderclouds now
Huge pyrocumulonimbus clouds have formed over fires in the West. Here’s why they could become more common on a warmer planet.
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![Two people in Saint Paul, Minnesota, taking photos of the city shrouded in smoke from wildfires in Canada]()
![Two people in Saint Paul, Minnesota, taking photos of the city shrouded in smoke from wildfires in Canada]()
Wildfire smoke in Minnesota brings dystopian skies to the Midwest
‘Unprecedented’ haze from wildfires blanketed the Twin Cities last week. More smoke is coming.
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Conservatives may be willing to take on climate change — if you call it something else
Fires are raging in their backyards. But many still scoff at global warming.
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![A highway with traffic cones and house-like buildings on the side of the road. Large wildfire flames engulf nearby trees. The whole scene is a burnt orange color due to smoke.]()
![A highway with traffic cones and house-like buildings on the side of the road. Large wildfire flames engulf nearby trees. The whole scene is a burnt orange color due to smoke.]()
As extreme heat and wildfires rage, a ‘protection gap’ threatens Californians
Here’s what the state could do to stem the costs of climate disasters.
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![Smoke from a wildfire rising above a field of grape vines]()
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As wildfires worsen, more California farms are deemed too risky to insure
The skyrocketing cost of fire insurance foreshadows a larger confrontation over so-called managed retreat.
