Tag: wildfires
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Science & Tech
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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Science & Tech
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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Science & Tech
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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Health
Link between wildfires and COVID cases established
Researchers have found strong evidence of an association between exposure to fine particulate air pollution from 2020 wildfires in the U.S. and increased risk of COVID-19 cases and deaths in three western states, for up to four weeks after the exposure.
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Science & Tech
‘Smoke waves’ will affect millions in coming decades
Wildfires threaten more than land and homes. The smoke they produce contains fine particles (PM2.5) that can poison the air for hundreds of miles. Air pollution from the 2016 Fort…