https://www.mtpr.org/tags/lixu-jin Lixu Jin en-US Montana Public Radio Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:18:58 GMT https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2026-08-28/why-does-wildfire-season-smell-like-this With all the wildfire smoke in Montana skies this summer, have you been surprised it doesn’t always smell smokey? Or that it smelled like a campfire under clear skies? It turns out there’s a lot that goes into our perception of smoke and how it squares with the Air Quality Index. Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:18:58 GMT https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2026-08-28/why-does-wildfire-season-smell-like-this Keely Larson