Wildfire Smoke's Silent Threat: Why We're Still Unprepared to Breathe Easy The eerie orange glow that has become a haunting feature of many recent summers is not an atmospheric wonder, but rather a sign of our collective failure to adapt to increasingly treacherous weather patterns.
As wildfire seasons grow longer and more intense, the air quality in our homes becomes a matter of life and death, affecting not just aesthetics, but lung capacity.
Wildfires have long been a staple of the American West, but their reach has expanded dramatically over the past few decades.