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A room in a home filled with atmospheric research equipment, including three gas cylinders that are connected to a mass spectrometer.
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Crowdsourced Science Helps Monitor Air Quality in Smoke-Damaged Homes

by Fionna M. D. Samuels 23 February 202231 May 2022

Researchers collaborate with residents to measure airborne chemicals in homes and evaluate how clean the air really is after remediation from Colorado’s Marshall Fire.

Photo of gray dirt hill covered with burnt trees.
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Forest Fires Could Boost Western U.S. Water Supplies

by Jennifer Schmidt 21 February 202222 February 2022

Streamflow in the West has been below average since the early 2000s, but a new analysis shows that streams aren’t as dry as expected.

Polygons created by melting permafrost
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More Fires, More Problems

by Danielle Beurteaux 1 February 202221 March 2022

Increasing incidents of wildfires in the Arctic are not only thawing permafrost but changing the entire underlying structure of the region.

Air pollution from an Australian megafire on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia, in January 2020.
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Health Impacts of Air Pollution from Australian Megafires

by Saima Sidik 10 January 202210 January 2022

Models suggest that thousands of Australians experienced dangerous levels of air pollution for several months, leading to more than a hundred deaths.

Image of a sawmill in Northern California.
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Clever Wood Use Could Mitigate Wildfires and Climate Change

by Andrew Chapman 5 January 202221 March 2022

California plans to use forest thinning to reduce wildfire risk. New research suggests the state could also see a climate benefit by repurposing waste wood produced by thinning.

Overhead image from rescue helicopter of damage in the path of a debris flow at the base of burned hills in Montecito, Calif.
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No Relief from Rain: Climate Change Fuels Compound Disasters

by Leah Campbell 17 December 202117 December 2021

Climate change is increasing the risk of fire-rain events, raising mudslide concerns in fire-prone communities.

Field of dead and burned trees in the San Bernardino National Forest. Researcher Fabiola Pulido-Chavez stands among them with her back turned toward the camera.
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Wildfires May Alter the Nitrogen Cycle—and Air Pollution

by Krystal Vasquez 16 December 202116 December 2021

Research indicates that wildfires could be bolstering soil emissions of air pollutants that contribute to smog and climate change.

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Tracking from Space how Extreme Drought Impacts Carbon Emissions

by Susan Trumbore 12 December 202112 December 2021

Carbon dioxide emissions from wildfires combined with reduced carbon uptake by intact ecosystems during the 2019-202
0 fire season to approximately double Australia’s annual carbon emissions.

The sun rises in a pink sky beyond the skyline of lower Manhattan.
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The Far-Reaching Consequences of Wildfire Smoke Plumes

by Kate Wheeling 1 December 20211 December 2021

Smoke from wildfires burning in the western United States carries harmful pollutants across the country.

A smoking clearing after a forest fire in Brazil.
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Amazon Deforestation and Fires are a Hazard to Public Health

by Elizabeth Thompson 27 August 202121 March 2022

Deforestation in the Amazon has dropped since the early 2000s, but it is slowly climbing again. A new study shows the impact of that climb on public health—and how much worse conditions could be.

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