Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

New seasonal pattern of pollution emerges from changing North American wildfires

  • Rebecca R. Buchholz,
  • Mijeong Park,
  • Helen M. Worden,
  • Wenfu Tang,
  • David P. Edwards,
  • Benjamin Gaubert,
  • Merritt N. Deeter,
  • Thomas Sullivan,
  • Muye Ru,
  • Mian Chin,
  • Robert C. Levy,
  • Bo Zheng,
  • Sheryl Magzamen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29623-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Growing emissions from Pacific Northwest wildfires have increased atmospheric carbon monoxide in August, raising questions about potential health impacts as the seasonal pattern of air quality changes for large regions of North America.