Wildfire could be the main impact of Large increases in wildfire activity have been accompanied by climate change felt by many—perhaps the majority substantial increases in the number of days with any smoke in the air of—Americans. [...] pandemic has to some degree impeded the ability of the government and private sector to respond to Worsening air quality is not limited to the West, as smoke from large and reduce wildfire risk—with wildland firefighter fires can travel thousands of miles across the country, and even trainings delayed or cancelled, convict firefighter Midwestern and Eastern regions of the U. [...] The effects on individual health will depend on a Marshall Burke is an associate variety of factors, including the existence of pre-existing conditions, professor in the Department of Earth System Science, deputy disparities in time spent outdoors, and in the characteristics of director at the Center on Food indoor home and work environments, many of which could correlate Security and the Environm. [...] The researchers calculate that the increasing smoke that this increased fire activity would bring will likely be one of the largest— and currently underappreciated—health and economic impacts of This brief is based on the perspective “The changing climate change in the U. [...] Poor air quality is extremely costly, and risk and burden of wildfire in the United States,” large projected increases in future wildfire activity could dramatically published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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