The entire state of Michigan is under an air quality alert today, July 14, from the Canadian wildfires, and officials forecast the alert to continue into Tuesday, July 15. "Fine particulate is the dominant pollutant into Monday; however, a warm southerly ...

The wildfire smoke that has blanketed the state this month could take a toll on the health of Michiganians long after clearing. The particles that form plumes of wildfire smoke are small (the average human hair is at least 30 times larger). That means they ...

It’s been said every disaster movie begins with someone ignoring a scientist. Nothing could be more true of this summer’s pall of choking wildfire smoke enveloping Michigan and the Midwest — a well-studied effect of human-caused climate change.

Even if we don’t see flames where we live, across much of the U.S. and Canada, in any given year, we are likely to see smoke and breathe polluted air from fires more than a thousand miles away. Cities are burning with regularity: Los Angeles, Santa Rosa ...