Air quality in several US states threatened by growing Canada wildfires: See map

Canadian wildfires triggered air quality alerts in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, parts of Wisconsin and Iowa this week, and experts say there won't be much improvement in the coming months as more states could possibly be affected this summer.

Air quality in several US states threatened by growing Canada wildfires: See map

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Economic risks: Forest Service estimates costs of fighting wildfires in a hotter future

U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station officials discussed the Climate Financial Risk report published by the White House Office of Management and Budget, which contained the sobering statistic that wildfires have cost government agencies an average of more than $3 billion per year over the last decade.

Economic risks: Forest Service estimates costs of fighting wildfires in a hotter future

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Satellite Image Shows Canadian Wildfire Smoke Drifting Toward US

As 138 wildfires continue to burn in Western Canada, forty of which are uncontained, the U.S. Midwest is experiencing its first air quality alerts of the season due to smoke from those wildfires wafting south and east for the second year in a row.

Satellite Image Shows Canadian Wildfire Smoke Drifting Toward US

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Computer models show heat waves in north Pacific may be due to China reducing aerosols

Though not technically a wildfire item, a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences speculated that China's efforts to curb certain air pollutants could actually be responsible for heatwaves across the Pacific in North America which have led to rampant wildfires in Canada and the Pacific Northwest.

Computer models show heat waves in north Pacific may be due to China reducing aerosols

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NRL Selected to Lead Critical Science Mission on Wildfires and Smoke

A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory meteorologist has been selected by NASA to lead the PYRocumulonimbus (pyroCb) EXperiment (PYREX), which is a large airborne-based field campaign aimed at studying the role that pyroCb activity plays in the warming climate system and understanding its physical links to extreme wildfire behavior.

NRL Selected to Lead Critical Science Mission on Wildfires and Smoke

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Smokejumpers: Meet the elite group of firefighters who parachute into wildfires

CBS News provided some background material on smokejumpers, profiling this elite group of firefighters that operates in places where roads don't exist, parachuting into remote areas to fight wildfires that would require hours of hiking for other firefighters to reach.

Smokejumpers: Meet the elite group of firefighters who parachute into wildfires

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Air Attack Issue #33

Wildfire NOTD subscriber Ned Dawson, Publisher of Air Attack Magazine, sent along issue #33. Anyone who wants to receive future issues of Air Attack Magazine directly can sign up on the VIP list.

Air Attack Issue #33

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