This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Canada is facing another dangerous wildfire season, ...

A large fire on Colorado's Eastern Plains near Limon has been contained, according to local fire officials. Elbert and ...

Wildfire smoke could cause tens of thousands more deaths annually across the U.S. by midcentury — and hundreds in Colorado — without stronger environmental protections, a new study in Nature warns.

The wildfires that started in Rio Blanco County have forced more evacuations as the damage wrought by this season’s wildfires approaches 190,000 acres. Three of the eight largest fires in the state ...

DENVER — After Denver and most of Colorado experienced their warmest day of the week on Thursday, a cold front moved through Thursday night. The front brought significantly cooler temperatures and ...

A fast-moving wildfire caused evacuations for people living near Matheson on Colorado’s Eastern Plains on Tuesday afternoon, ...

For most of the past decade, forecasters have been able to use satellites to track these smoke plumes, but the view was only two-dimensional When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Aerosol particles in high smoke plumes reflect more light back into space. Closer to Earth’s surface, there is more oxygen to absorb light at the 688 nanometer wavelength, so less light is reflected.