NASA is studying the science of wildfires on the ground and in the air with their FireSense mission in an effort to better understand wildfire behavior and help response in the future. NBC News' Jacob ...

As the climate warms, wildfire smoke could become far deadlier in the United States, with projections estimating up to 64,000 ...

Ornithologists at the Natural History Museum and UCLA are studying how smoke from the January wildfires will affect the region’s birds. It’s part of a broader scientific effort to understand the ...

We asked experts who study wildfire behavior how they would redesign a community to protect it against fire. Their answers might surprise you. It can sound counterintuitive, but increased density can ...

Recent years have seen a surge in interdisciplinary research aimed at improving wildfire evacuation policies and understanding human behaviour in emergencies. Scholars are now combining traffic ...

A new study estimates that chronic exposure to PM2.5 from wildfire smoke caused an average of 24,100 deaths per year in the U.S. from 2006–2020. Researchers found mortality increased with higher smoke ...

Wildfire-induced deterioration of air quality led to behavioral changes, and researchers found that even a modest increase of 10% in indoor mask-wearing could yield a significant reduction in the risk ...

Pregnant women's exposure to wildfire smoke — particularly in the third trimester — may increase the risk of autism in their children, according to new research, which looked at hundreds of thousands ...

As thick clouds of smoke rolled across Los Angeles in early January, Allison Shultz opened a freezer and took out a stash of pristine white pigeon feathers. The ornithology curator at the Natural ...