Tag: Smoke
Coping with Western wildfires: 5 essential reads
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
Intense wildfires are raging in California, Oregon and Washington state, spurring mass evacuations and leaving charred towns in their wake. A...
The secondhand smoke you’re breathing may have come from another state
Sebastian Eastham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Steven Barrett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientists estimate that each year in the U.S., outdoor air pollution shortens...
Wildfire smoke is becoming a nationwide health threat
Richard E. Peltier, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The impacts of recent forest fires in California reach well beyond the burned areas. Smoke from the Camp...
Exposure to wildfire smoke: 5 questions answered
Richard E. Peltier, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Editor’s note: Wildfires once again are raging in California – this time in the Los Angeles area, where...
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When Americans thought hair was a window into the soul
Sarah Gold McBride, University of California, Berkeley
In 2004, the North Korean government launched one of the oddest television campaigns in recent history: “Let’s trim...
