More than half the US has been experiencing abnormally dry conditions or drought. Extreme heat is fueling wildfires and worsening air quality.

The fire ignited on Saturday afternoon in San Diego County. California wildfires have burned nearly 1.7 million acres since the start of 2021.

The fire ignited on Saturday afternoon in San Diego County. California wildfires have burned nearly 1.7 million acres since the start of 2021.

This false blood moon won't turn red because of a lunar eclipse. It's because wildfire smoke is filling skies across the continent.

"Everybody who joins Crisp feels like they have a connection to the mission that we have as a company," CEO Are Traasdahl said during Insider's event.

Ahmad Adas shows how he professionally deep cleans the air vents in a house that he suspects hasn't been cleaned for 100 years.

Arrival will work directly with Uber drivers to design the electric vehicle for the UK market.

The US West Coast has the worst air quality in the world due to wildfire smoke across California, Oregon, and Washington. Maps of air-quality index measurements show hazardous levels of particulate matter from wildfire smoke across the entire West Coast. Research has linked particulate matter from wildfires to heart and […]

An enormous plume of dust and dry air from the Sahara Desert hit Florida on Thursday, and it’s expected to spread to other Gulf states. Experts have nicknamed the plume the “Godzilla dust cloud.” It crossed the Atlantic over the last 10 days. The dust cloud brings hazy skies and […]

Los Angeles, which is notorious for its smog, has some of the cleanest air in the world, as California stays under lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The improvement could be attributed to fewer planes flying and fewer cars on the road. However, experts predict the air quality […]

You can check the AQI (Air Quality Index) on your Apple Watch by adding an AQI display to your watch face. The AQI is a measurement used by the EPA and other government agencies to describe the relative safety of air quality in a local area. Your Apple Watch will […]

June 5 is World Environment Day – an annual celebration of our environment that aims to promote awareness about protecting our planet’s natural resources. Humans pollute the air, land, and sea by burning fossil fuels, overusing chemicals and pesticides, and creating sewage run-off. The health consequences of that pollution are […]

Madrid recently enacted a ban on older cars, which prohibits them from entering the city center without a private parking spot and advanced registration. By 2020, older diesel and petrol cars won’t be allowed to enter the city center at all. The new regulations represent a larger trend of restricting […]

President Trump is, once again, falsely claiming that America has the cleanest air in the world: On Wednesday he tweeted that the US has the “purest air on the planet.” US air is not the cleanest in the world. In fact, it’s gotten dirtier on Trump’s watch. Plus, air doesn’t […]

We have no choice but to breathe the air around us. But the machines we use and policies that governments enact transform that air. Cars fill the air with the exhaust they pipe out, factories and power plants belch residue into the sky, and city apartment buildings pump out chemicals […]

A heat wave is making its way across the US, bringing potentially record-breaking temperatures to the Midwest and Northeast. Air-quality alerts were issued in New York, Pennsylvania, and southern New England. In hot weather, emissions from vehicles and power plants can react to form ozone, which can cause respiratory problems […]

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