Forrest Scharf, the province's fruit crop specialist, said dense smoke can have impacts on all types of plants. Ozone, a gas formed by the interaction between solar rays and oxygen, can damage ...

It can come in the form of dirt, dust, soot or smoke. Coal- and natural gas-fired power plants create it, as do cars, agriculture, unpaved roads, construction sites and wildfires. Between 1999 and ...

Trees don't like to breathe wildfire smoke, either. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Plants have pores on the surface of ...

When wildfire smoke is in the air, doctors urge people to stay indoors to avoid breathing in harmful particles and gases. But what happens to trees and other plants that can’t escape from the smoke?

Authorities have urged people across swaths of the Midwest and Northeast to stay indoors as smoke from Canadian wildfires compromises air quality in more than a dozen U.S. states. Inhaling ...

Toxic smoke is spewing from an inferno at a recycling plant known as a ‘fire hazard,’ officials say. The flames could burn for days By Omar Jimenez , Bonney Kapp , Sara Smart , Brenda Goodman ...