August 2020 was the second-hottest August on record, and it ended the hottest summer on record for the Northern Hemisphere.
A Colorado summer: Drought, wildfires and smoke in 2020
August 20, 2020
If you missed our August 29 tweet chat, here's the transcript. Read what the fire and smoke experts had to say about the FIREX-AQ field campaign and its mission to study what's in the smoke from wildfires and agricultural burning.
Where the threat of wildfires is rising, HEPA filters and air scrubbers installed for protection against pandemics can also provide climate resilience by protecting hospitals from smoke.
Wildfires burn in British Columbia
July 31, 2017
Early summer heat wave in Europe
July 13, 2017
Climate change is expected to intensify fire-friendly weather conditions across the US and to lengthen the fire season.