Climate Questions: Loretta J. Mickley on Wildfire Smoke

The Park Fire in California has become the 5th largest wildfire in the state's history. The path and trajectory of smoke from wildfires like this one can have serious and lasting impacts on human health. We asked Harvard wildfire expert Loretta Mickley to tell us more about how scientists predict where wildfire smoke is going to end up.
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TH-cam CHAPTERS:
00:00 Loretta Mickley Introduction
00:26 How does smoke from wildfires like the Park fire affect our health?
06:57 How can we protect ourselves from wildfire smoke?
09:16 What do we know about how wildfire smoke will change in the future?