Medicine & TechnologyExperts explain that the full moon this coming weekend may turn red. Along with the unexpected color of the lunar surface, skies across the United States may appear orange-tinted.
A new study confirms that wildfire smokes enhances the coronavirus, which was evident through the spike of COVID-19 cases in Reno's heavily exposed areas.
A new wildfire, the Bootleg fire, has emerged from Oregon, and it is bigger than the city of New York. The western wildfire is currently expanding, affecting 12 states, North California included.
Oregon State University modeling suggests that human-caused wildfires in Central Oregon will remain steady, and lightning-caused wildfires will decline in the next four decades. But regardless of the cause, OSU models show that the blaze produced will increase.
If you are one of the millions of people in the Midwest and Eastern U.S. who turned your gaze toward the sky recently, you may have noticed the Sun shining through an odd, milky haze. This widespread opaque veil was caused not by clouds, but rather by smoke from wildfires in the Western U.S.
California temperatures are soaring over the weekend, sending people to mountains and beaches, and raising doubts over power outages and another possible spike in coronavirus cases.
Large fire blankets can be used as a deterrent for the spread of wildfires according to a study by Fumiaki Takahashi from Case Western Reserve University.