How residents of Baltimore are coping with the smoke coming from Canada
Homeless shelters handed out masks and schools cancelled activities as Baltimore residents endured another day of smoky air from wildfires in Canada.
Climate
3 lessons from the Western U.S. for dealing with wildfire smoke
How bad does the air get inside your house? What should schools do about recess? Western states have grappled with all that before.
What is there a shortage of? Find out in the NPR news quiz (hint: it's not smoke)
From Barbie to Messi to Rishi Sunak, a lot happened this week. How well were you paying attention?
Spare a thought for Gustavo, the guy delivering your ramen in the wildfire smoke
As most New Yorkers isolated inside this week to avoid the hazardous smoke that enveloped the city, one man was rushing ramen across town for a customer's dinner.
Advice from the West Coast to the East Coast on staying safe under smoky skies
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Mother Jones editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery about advice she's learned living under smoky skies after 22 years in San Francisco.
India is now the world's most populous nation. And that's not necessarily a bad thing
Population growth has long been a source of worry in India, which now has more people than China: 1.46 billion residents. But some experts are optimistic about the impact of this population boom.
How to stay safe from the smoke that's spreading from the Canadian wildfires
From particulate matter to the AQI, here's what you need to know to protect yourself as the smoky haze settles over much of the East Coast.
A haze is blanketing major swaths of the East Coast because of the Canadian wildfires
Some of the worst air quality was recorded in the Great Lakes region and in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and the Washington, D.C., metro area.
Record-breaking wildfires in Canada are impacting air quality in the U.S.
The Canadian wildfire season has started early and already broken records, with toxic smoke drifting south to the U.S. and many air quality alerts in place.
U.S. skies in the Northeast and the Midwest are hazy with smoke from Canada
A good chunk of the United States is dealing with smoke following a series of wildfires in Canada. Winds have carried the smoke across the Northeast and parts of the Midwest.