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Tag Archives: smoke
Recent Australian wildfires led to record atmospheric pollution
The 2019–20 wildfires in Australia injected huge amounts of smoke into the stratosphere, which has led to record aerosol levels over the southern hemisphere. Ilan Koren at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and Eitan Hirsch at the Israel … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Australia & Oceania
Tagged Air Pollution, Australia, forest fire, smoke, wildfires
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Thailand’s Chiang Mai Has Once Again the Worst Air Quality in the World
Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Mai was reported to have the worst air quality on the planet due to brush fires and agricultural burning. The grim news from the IQ AirVisual air monitoring website came as authorities in Chiang Mai … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Asia, Thailand
Tagged Air Pollution, Chiang Mai, smoke, Thailand, wildfires
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California’s wildfire smoke could be more harmful than vehicle emissions, study says
Toxic particles spewed by wildfires resulted in 10 times as many respiratory-illness related hospitalizations as other types of pollution, researchers found The thick, grey wildfire smoke that shrouds California each autumn and winter could be more harmful to humans than … Continue reading
Air pollution caused 1 out of 5 deaths in 2018—that’s more than 8 million, study says
Microscopic, and sometimes larger, particles of soot, smoke and dust that spew out of gas-guzzling factories, ships, cars and aircraft are responsible for 18% of total global deaths in 2018—that equals more than 8 million people, a new study found. … Continue reading
Wildfires Caused Half Of Western America’s Pollution: Study
Even as pollution emissions declined from other sources including vehicle exhaust and power plants, the amount from fires increased sharply. Wildfire smoke accounted for up to half of all health-damaging small particle air pollution in the western U.S. in recent … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Pollution, California, Oregon, Research, smoke, USA, wildfires
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‘Hidden cost’ of wildfire smoke: Stanford researchers estimate up to 3,000 indirect deaths
More than two dozen people have died as a direct result of California’s devastating wildfires so far this year. But the actual number of lives lost because of them may have been much higher. Researchers at Stanford University estimate that … Continue reading
Doctors alarmed by surge in hospital visits as toxic smoke engulfs west coast
Northern California health system reports surge in cases as region endures weeks of dangerous air A month after hundreds of wildfires started spewing toxic smoke along the west coast, doctors are seeing the alarming health effects of air pollution. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Pollution, California, Health Effects of Air Pollution, Oregon, San Francisco, smoke, USA, wildfires
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California wildfire smoke drifts to East Coast, Europe
Smoke from the wildfires ravaging California has drifted across the U.S., reaching parts of the East Coast and Europe, officials said. “Satellite images this morning show smoke aloft moving over much of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic,” the National Weather Service’s … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Europe, USA, USA & Canada, World News
Tagged Air Pollution, California, Oregon, San Francisco, smoke, USA, wildfires
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