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Released: 10-Aug-2023 2:45 PM EDT
As Kids Go Back To School, Parents Prepare For A Healthy School Year
Hackensack Meridian Health

Medical experts offer tips on various back to school health concerns to prepare for a healthy successful school year.

Released: 7-Aug-2023 11:50 AM EDT
New initiative takes a three-pronged approach to wildfires in the Southwest
Northern Arizona University

A $5 million grant from the Office of the Governor is funding the Arizona Wildfire Initiative (AZWI), an innovative new program at NAU aimed at ensuring the state of Arizona is better prepared for wildfire prevention, management and recovery.

Newswise: Fanning the flames
7-Aug-2023 8:10 AM EDT
Fanning the flames
Washington University in St. Louis

Wildfires are causing a much greater warming effect than previously accounted. A new study focused on the role of “dark brown carbon” — an abundant but previously unknown class of particles emitted as part of wildfire smoke — highlights an urgent need to revise climate models and update approaches for the changing environment.

Newswise: Scientists dig into wildfire predictions, long-term impacts
Released: 2-Aug-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Scientists dig into wildfire predictions, long-term impacts
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Wildfires are an ancient force shaping the environment, but they have grown in frequency, range and intensity in response to a changing climate. At the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists are working on several fronts to better understand and predict these events and what they mean for the carbon cycle and biodiversity.

Released: 1-Aug-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Tip Sheet: Talking about pain with your doctor, the microbiome and graft-vs.-host disease, and RNA’s role in prostate cancer
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Below are summaries of recent Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center research findings and other news. Reporting on wildfire smoke? Fred Hutch clinicians and researchers are available to their expertise. Dr. Trang VoPham is an epidemiologist focusing on environmental exposures and risk, follow her on social media.

Newswise: Improving wildfire predictions with Earth-scale climate models
Released: 31-Jul-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Improving wildfire predictions with Earth-scale climate models
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Wildfires have shaped the environment for millennia, but they are increasing in frequency, range and intensity in response to a hotter climate. The phenomenon is being incorporated into high-resolution simulations of the Earth’s climate by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, with a mission to better understand and predict environmental change.

Released: 25-Jul-2023 12:15 PM EDT
Calling for Cancer Centers to Lead on Climate Disaster Preparedness
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cancer centers are uniquely positioned to protect cancer patients from climate-driven disasters, but researchers identified significant shortcomings in emergency preparedness when it came to climate-related disasters.

   
Newswise: Hidden cameras spot wildlife returning home after 2018 megafire
Released: 18-Jul-2023 5:30 PM EDT
Hidden cameras spot wildlife returning home after 2018 megafire
University of California, Berkeley

During the summer of 2018, the Mendocino Complex Fire ripped through UC’s Hopland Research and Extension Center (HREC), transforming the Northern California property’s grassy, oak-dotted hillsides into a smoldering, ash-covered wasteland.

Released: 18-Jul-2023 10:20 AM EDT
Rutgers Leads Study of Wildfire Air Pollution in New Jersey
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Hazy, hazardous conditions from climate change-driven Canadian wildfires have prompted researchers to examine the physicochemical and toxicological properties.

   

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Released: 12-Jul-2023 6:05 AM EDT
Worsening wildfires have EMSL researchers looking for impact on soil, climate
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory - EMSL

Steven Allison, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Earth System Science, is using EMSL capabilities to uncover mysteries from the Earth beneath our feet. Allison explains how his research could help us understand severe events, like wildfire patterns, and how they affect soil microbiomes.

9-Jul-2023 11:00 AM EDT
Addressing justice in wildfire risk management
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

The unequal distribution of wildfire risk in our society is influenced by various factors, such as social vulnerabilities and intersecting forms of inequality, including gender, age, ethnicity, or disability. A new article calls for more integrated and inclusive wildfire risk management approaches and proposes a novel framework mapping different justice aspects.

Released: 29-Jun-2023 5:00 PM EDT
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire – and normal numbers of national park visitors
Ecological Society of America

Wildfire smoke threatens human health and welfare, especially if humans are exposed to smoke for long periods or while exercising – such as during a hiking trip to one of America’s beloved national parks.



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