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Video showed a CN freight crew briefly surrounded by wildfire flames near Armstrong, Ontario.
CN said it suspended operations in the area and evacuated employees and local residents overnight.
Labor representatives argued the train should never have been dispatched into such severe fire conditions.

DT Editorial Team·Jul 20, 2026·via jalopnik.com

Researchers say wildfire smoke helped shift US ozone levels from declining before 2015 to rising afterward.
The analysis covered 2003 to 2024 and linked wildfire-driven ozone to increasing premature deaths.
The findings suggest climate-era fires are undermining long-standing air-pollution gains.

DT Editorial Team·Jun 5, 2026·via phys.org

A NASA-supported Science study says wildfire smoke has become a major ozone driver across the US.
Researchers found fires offset nearly four years of ozone-control gains over the last decade.
The work used deep learning to estimate daily surface ozone at kilometer scale from 2003 to 2024.

DT Editorial Team·Jun 4, 2026·via science.nasa.gov

Soil cores suggest some Arctic and boreal fires are burning carbon stored for up to 5,000 years.
Researchers say current climate models do not account for this ancient carbon release.
Slow smouldering of soil can emit both carbon dioxide and black carbon.
The risk appears to increase toward the Arctic, where organic material lies closer to the surface.

DT Editorial Team·May 13, 2026·via newscientist.com

Utilities and state agencies are expanding AI smoke-detection camera networks.
Arizona’s Diamond Fire was contained quickly after an AI alert and human verification.
California and Colorado are also scaling similar systems as wildfire risk rises.

DT Editorial Team·May 4, 2026·via fastcompany.com

The guide separates preparation for evacuation from preparation for sheltering in place.
Experts emphasize planning for both power outages and water loss.
Preparedness is increasingly framed as practical household planning rather than survivalist theater.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 29, 2026·via wired.com

NASA’s Terra satellite captured smoke over Chiang Mai and northern Thailand on April 22, 2026.
Seasonal agricultural and forest fires likely produced much of the haze.
Ground sensors recorded unhealthy and very unhealthy PM2.5 levels across the region.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 23, 2026·via science.nasa.gov

DT Editorial Team·Apr 13, 2026·via phys.org