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A study from the U.S. Geological Survey found the ecosystems on California's public lands are losing the carbon they've ...

Mom, are we going to have to run?' Here's how the first 24 hours of our unprecedented conflagration unfolded across L.A.

As of Wednesday night, nearly 31,000 people are under evacuation orders with another 23-thousand under evacuation ...

In addition, different fire events (Cloud, Fog/haze, Chimney smoke, flames, and fire smoke) were configured to improve wildfire detection performance. The fire events were configured around the flames ...

As Los Angeles contends with the devastating effects of wildfires, medical experts provide tips to protect your lungs, skin ...

Explore the medical hazards of wildfire smoke and its impact on health. Learn about the chemicals and particles released by fires.

It’s for this reason that in L.A., the fires aren’t “over.” The flames may have subsided (at least in some urban areas; at ...

LOS ANGELES – It’s been a week since Southern California became a deadly inferno after several massive and destructive wildfires broke out in the Los Angeles area, sending tens of thousands of ...

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Los Angeles is already infamous for poor air quality. But the fires scorching the area now are sending up plumes of black smoke that pose threats to human health beyond that of standard wildfires.

Studies have shown that wildfire smoke accounted for up to half of all health-damaging particle air pollution in the western U.S. in recent years as warming temperatures fueled more destructive ...