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UN warns wildfires, heatwaves threaten air quality and health

September 7, 2026 admin

Wildfires and heatwaves, which generate microscopic airborne pollutants, risk undermining international efforts to improve air quality, protect human health and safeguard nature, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday (September 7, 2026). The United Nations’ weather and climate agency underlined the links between air pollution and climate change, which scientists say is leading to…

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Question Corner | Why does wildfire smoke swirl only one way in the air?

February 22, 2026 admin

Wildfire smoke in the northeast Pacific Ocean, September 2020. | Photo Credit: NASA A: Sometimes wildfire smoke in the stratosphere collects into a compact bubble of smoke that spins in a coherent vortex, clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the southern hemisphere. Two new studies, published in Weather and Climate Dynamics and presented…

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