Nationwide Smoke Dispersion from Canadian Wildfires

Unprecedented Impact of Canadian Wildfire on Philadelphia during Summer of 2023

This image from the NASA Earth Observatory, showing the concentrations of black carbon (from wildfire smoke) across the United States and Canada.

The high smoke concentrations in the northeast, as a result of the Canadian wildfires from Quebec, Canada is shown in the above image. It can be observed that the long-range transport of the smoke particles that widened zone of coverage, carried them from states in New England, to the southern states without much interruption. Climate change, a lack of manpower, and a poorly established system in handling wildfires led to the long-range spread of the smoke particles.