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Scientists shine light on 66-million-year-old meteorite wildfire mystery

Scientists have discovered that the meteorite that wiped out Earth's dinosaurs instantly ignited forest wildfires thousands of kilometers away from its impact zone. At the...

Pollutants from burning structures linger in waterways post-wildfire

According to researchers in a review paper that highlights the need for more research in the area, as the frequency of wildfires has increased,...

Wildfires may have sparked ecosystem collapse during Earth’s worst mass extinction

Researchers from University College Cork (UCC) and the Swedish Museum of Natural History studied the end-Permian mass extinction (252 million years ago), which wiped...

4 buildings at the observatory in Arizona lost in a wildfire

A wildfire destroyed four non-scientific buildings at the Kitt Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson, but early indications show that other buildings on the...

Human-triggered California wildfires are more severe than natural blazes

Human-caused wildfires in California are more destructive than lightning-sparked flames, according to a study published recently in the journal Nature Communications by a team...

Wildfire smoke accelerates glacier melt, affects mountain runoff

Wildfires are becoming more common, as global temperatures rise. University of Saskatchewan (USask) hydrology researchers found that exposure to wildfire smoke can cause glaciers...

Predicting particulate pollution levels from wildfires in a warming climate

Scientists have people living in the U.S. Northwest could see a tripling of particulate matter in the atmosphere by 2050 due to wildfires during...

Wildfire smoke increases Ozone Pollutant

Scientists now have a better understanding of how wildfire smoke impacts air quality by the data collected by a specially equipped jet. This jet...

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