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As the new millennium dawned, I noticed that smoking, very much on the wane since its 1960 peak, was suddenly getting a lot of alarming publicity. “Smoking causes lung cancer, bronchitis, ...

Keith Bein is a storm chaser—or whatever the wildfire equivalent of that is. An air-quality researcher at UC Davis, he drives toward fires, grabbing air samples, analyzing some on the scene and ...

Picture the boreal forest, in northern Quebec, on the morning of June 1st. Bears, moose, and wolves roamed, circling its unusually dry lakes, bogs, rivers, and creeks. In the afternoon, after weeks of ...

Wildfire smoke has become a regular threat for West Coast wine regions, but researchers say the science behind smoke damage in grapes and wine is advancing more quickly than the insurance ...