News Headline

Smoke seasons aren't new but our efforts to control wildfires are, and should change

Source
Phys.org

Publication Date
2021-08-20

Like many people, I will remember this summer in shades of gray and red. As snapshots of a dull orange sun circulated social media, "zombie fires" rose from the Russian permafrost, entire towns were wiped off the map and Southern Europe became a scene of the apocalypse.Satellites tracked enormous plumes of wildfire smoke across North America, the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Circle until they reached the North Pole.

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https://phys.org/news/2021-08-seasons-efforts-wildfires-1.html