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University of Utah
From the Pacific Northwest to the Rocky Mountains, summers in the West are marked by wildfires and smoke. New research from the University of Utah ties the worsening trend of extreme poor air quality events in Western regions to wildfire activity, with growing trends of smoke impacting air quality clear into September. The work is published in Environmental Research Letters.
“In a big picture sense, we can expect it to get worse,” says Kai Wilmot, lead author of the study and doctoral student in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences. “We’re going to see more fire area burned in the Western U.S. between now and in 2050. If we extrapolate our trends forward, it seems to indicate that a lot of urban centers are going to have trouble in meeting air quality standards in as little time as 15 years.”
Wildfire smoke trends worsen for western U.S., study says
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Zarrin Ahmed
Firefighters take a brief respite before they continue operations at the August Complex wildland fire on Sept. 6, 2020, in Mendocino National Forest. File Photo by Spc. Michael Ybarra/U.S. Army | License Photo
April 30 (UPI) Smoky summers in the west can now be linked to a worsening trend of wildfire smoke impacting air quality clear into September, according to new research.
University of Utah researchers on Friday published a study in Environmental Research Letters showing that trends in poor air quality events will affect an area from the Pacific Northwest to the Rocky Mountains in the years to come.
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