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An air quality alert is in effect for nearly the entire state through Friday, but northern and central Minnesota will bear ...
Considering wildfires, and prevailing winds blowing from Canada, are expected to become more frequent, the impact on crops ...
Canadian Wildfires some still burning from this past April will push Unhealthy Levels of Smoke into northern Minnesota Today ...
A new government model to estimate peatland emissions and their impact on climate change could provide a new perspective on ...
Smoke from wildfires in Manitoba, a Western province facing its worst fire season in 30 years, has created hazardous air ...
Canada’s fire season is only just beginning, and officials there warned this week it would continue to be severe through the summer. If it follows the pattern of a normal year, ...
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By the time the Silver State Hotshot crew arrived from Nevada a few weeks ago, Canada’s wildfires had already scorched millions of acres and shattered all-time burning records.
Six members of Congress from Wisconsin and Minnesota have asked Canada to say how it plans to tackle the blazes and reduce ...
Canada's wildfires have burned more than 13.6 million acres (5.5 million hectares) this year, an area roughly the size of ...
Canada didn't just break its wildfire records that year, it obliterated them. Nearly 58,000 square miles of the nation burned – an area about the size of Illinois ...
From 1982 to 1993, Canada’s median wildfire size was 112 hectares. From 2013 to 2022, it was 509 hectares. This year so far, it’s about 1,900 hectares.