Billions upon billions of soot particles enter Earth's atmosphere each second, totaling about 5.8 million metric tons a year—posing a climate-warming impact previously estimated at almost one-third ...

BOISE, Idaho — As wildfires continue through the hot and dry months of summer to fall, their smoke isn’t just clouding the skies, it’s also playing a complex role in the atmospheric chemistry. It can ...

For decades, scientists have known that soot particles play a pivotal role in forming contrails. When the atmospheric ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever wonder why the sky is blue on a clear day, but red when there are pollutants such as smoke in the air? Wildfire smoke fills ...

Reducing aircraft soot emissions may not reduce contrail clouds, according to in-flight observations of emissions from a ...

Unraveling the chemical processes in soot particle filters reveals new ways to produce synthetic fuels. Carbon particles are present in many aspects of our daily lives. Soot, which consists of tiny ...

A home on Centennial Court in Walkers Woods is threatened as the woods catch fire behind the home. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze. Evacuations continued over night for communities in the ...

The recent Los Angeles wildfires have left many homeowners—and even nearby neighbors—facing a new kind of hazard: smoke damage. Homeowners should not re-enter their homes until the fire department has ...