In Canada, 497 wildfires are burning according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center. 100 million Americans are living with what we're told is bad air. Forecasters say it might be with us in the US on and off until October. The experts' top predictions for the summer: It's going to be really hot.
For the second time this month, huge sections of the US are blanketed by wildfire smoke. Vox’s Rebecca Leber and climate journalist Jeff Goodell say we’re gonna have to get used to it.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Miles Bryan, Hady Mawajdeh, and Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.
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