IDAHO, USA — Wildfire smoke has reared its ugly head across the Northwest with various intense and prolonged smoke events this year. According to the findings of a recent study, potato crops may be ...

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Wildfire smoke covered as much as 70 percent of California in recent years — wreaking havoc not only on land, but also in the state’s vast freshwater ecosystems, a study published Wednesday has found.

The finding has implications for North Bay residents subjected to a battery of conflagrations since 2017 that choked the air with smoke then left it acrid for weeks on end. More Californians have died ...