Wildfire smoke is no longer just a short‑lived air quality problem drifting over cities for a few hazy days. New research ...

What Are Atmospheric Aerosols Exactly Aerosols refer to fine solid or liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere, where ...

California, home of the freeway and the car-based lifestyle, has long struggled with air pollution — and been a pioneer in cleaning up the air, for example in vehicle emission standards. But in recent ...

A new study shows LA wildfires caused hidden health problems, including heart attacks and lung illness, weeks after fires ...

Global measurements and model calculations show that the complex relationship between the chemistry and climate impact of aerosol particles can be successfully captured by a simple formula. The extent ...

Wildfires in the western United States are getting bigger, stronger, and worse as climate-fueled drought and unprecedented heat push them to new extremes. But their impact isn’t just confined to the ...

Extreme heat often brings extreme wildfires, and this year is no exception, with unprecedented heat waves fueling enormous outbreaks of fires in the western United States and Canada, as well as across ...

Dipangkar Dutta receives funding from US Dept. of Energy and NSF. A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of subatomic particles. What ...