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"UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show"
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"Smoke From Wildfires Caused by Climate Change Will Fuel Many More Premature Deaths in the U.S., a New Study Warns"
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Smoke From Wildfires Caused by Climate Change Will Fuel Many More Premature Deaths in the U.S., a New Study Warns - Inside Climate News
This would represent some of the country’s most costly consequences of a warming climate by mid-century, researchers say.

"Smoke from Canada's 2023 wildfires linked to more than 80,000 early deaths worldwide, study warns"
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Millions breathed toxic air from Canada’s record 2023 wildfires
Pollution from the five months of fires was responsible for 22,000 early deaths in Europe alone.

"Climate crisis will increase frequency of lightning-sparked wildfires, study finds"
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"Climate change made heat and dryness that fueled Iberian wildfires 40 times more likely, study finds"
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Climate change made heat and dryness that fueled Iberian wildfires 40 times more likely, study finds
The extremely hot, dry and windy conditions, which fueled one of the Iberian Peninsula's most destructive wildfire seasons in recorded history, were 40 times more likely due to climate change, according to a study released Thursday.

"Sunlight worsens wildfire smoke pollution, study finds"
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Sunlight worsens wildfire smoke pollution, study finds
Wildfire smoke causes more air pollution than current atmospheric models can predict. A new study by researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences explains why by revealing that, under sunlight, wildfire smoke particles act like tiny chemical factories, producing harmful oxidants such as peroxides, a group of highly reactive pollutants contributing to smog and haze.

"Wildfire smoke could kill 71,000 people per year in the US by 2050, study warns"
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Wildfire smoke could kill 71,000 people per year in the US by 2050, study warns
When wildfire smoke from Canada turned New York City’s sky an eerie orange in June 2023, millions of Americans who’d never experienced such pollution got a glimpse of what has become routine for communities across the U.S. West. The smoke blanketed the Eastern Seaboard, closing schools and forcing residents indoors, a warning of what scientists […]