The study found that from 2006 to 2020, climate change contributed to about 15,000 deaths from exposure to small particulate ...

The annual range of deaths was 130 to 5,100, the study showed, with the highest in states such as Oregon and California.

Wildfires driven by climate change contribute to as many as thousands of annual deaths and billions of dollars in economic ...

It is one of the first studies to isolate the effect of climate change on mortality, and shows how far-reaching wildfire ...

Looking at the impacts across time and space also made it unique ... or PM2.5—the main concern from wildfire smoke. These particles can lodge deep into lungs and trigger coughing and itchy ...

Currently, weather satellites can be used to track wildfire growth, but not until a fire becomes very large and intense. FireSats have the bandwidth to detect a low intensity fire that's about the ...

Second, wildfire smoke is sporadic and episodic in both space and time, so predicting where and when exposures will occur is impossible more than a few days in advance. Third, the magnitude of its ...

Oregon Governor Kotek briefed on 2025 wildfire season preparations and declared May as Wildfire Awareness Month.