Tag: Loretta Mickley
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Nation & World
14 projects confronting climate change win Salata Institute grants
Plant-based buildings, greener AI, and a national agroforest are just a few of the solutions researchers are teaming up to explore.
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Nation & World
Wildfires are much worse than a sign of climate change
Loretta Mickley, a Harvard wildfire expert, says wildfires are not just a symptom of climate change, but with the increased burning of millenia-old global peat stores, have the potential to worsen warming.
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Nation & World
Fighting fire with fire
A study found that controlled burns in key areas of the U.S. West could drastically reduce smoke exposure
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Nation & World
In the thick of it
Scenes of smoke-blanketed Northeast likely to repeat, one expert says. Another offers advice for reducing harm to health.
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Nation & World
What exactly is a ‘fire tornado’?
What is a fire tornado? Harvard’s Loretta Mickley sheds some light.
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Nation & World
Australian wildfires will claim victims even after they’re out
Long-term exposure to the smoke-filled air hanging over much of the country could lead to many premature deaths in Australia.
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Nation & World
Wildfires projected to worsen with climate change
A Harvard model predicts that by 2050, wildfire seasons will be three weeks longer, up to twice as smoky, and will burn a wider area in the western United States.
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Nation & World
‘Warming hole’ delayed climate change
Climate scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have discovered that particulate pollution in the late 20th century created a “warming hole” over the eastern United States — that is, a cold patch where the effects of global warming were temporarily obscured.