Heatwaves and Wildfires Are Making Our Air Dirtier

A new UN report says smoke from fires and extreme heat are undoing years of work to clean up the air we breathe.

A new report from the World Meteorological Organization has some bad news. They say that air quality is getting worse in many places, and the main reasons are heatwaves and wildfires. For a long time, the world has been working hard to make the air cleaner. But now, all that progress is being threatened. Here is why this is happening: 1. Wildfires: When forests and brush burn, they send clouds of smoke into the air. This smoke is full of tiny, dangerous particles that are bad for our lungs. 2. Heatwaves: When it gets dangerously hot for days at a time, it can trap pollution near the ground…