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Smoke from wildfires burning in Canada and Mexico is already worsening air quality in the US, but some signs suggest clearer skies than last year
By James Dinneen
A wildfire burns in northern Manitoba, Canada, on 14 May 2024
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The North American wildfire season is off to an active start: in May, large wildfires in western Canada prompted evacuations and sent smoke drifting through the atmosphere over the US Midwest, temporarily giving the region the country’s worst air quality. This past week, smoke from wildfires in Mexico was blowing north, worsening air pollution in the US Southeast.
Here is what we could expect for the wildfire season ahead.
Will this year’s wildfire season be as bad as 2023?…
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