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Wildfires

ClimateSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

Haunted by fire, a community heals together

Despite back-to-back wildfires, Washington’s Methow Valley got no federal disaster mental-health support. So locals did…
Molly Taft
Molly TaftSeptember 23, 2020
ClimateSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

Hidden epidemics: Disasters are driving a mental health crisis

Disasters, including wildfires, hurricanes and flooding, are intensifying as climate change accelerates. Already, the U.S.…
Dean Russell
Dean RussellSeptember 23, 2020
ClimateSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

How to heal emotional wounds after disaster

Disasters are stressful. Our warming world keeps adding fuel to the fires — and floods…
Jamie Smith Hopkins
Jamie Smith HopkinsSeptember 23, 2020
ClimateGovernmentSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

As wildfire smoke seeps indoors, is government doing enough to respond?

Editor's note: Wildfires are growing in frequency and intensity, threatening our landscape, our lifestyle and…
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Mara Kardas-NelsonSeptember 21, 2020
ClimateSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

Photographs of Smoky Seattle: 2020

Editor's note: Wildfires are growing in frequency and intensity, threatening our landscape, our lifestyle and…
InvestigateWest
InvestigateWestSeptember 21, 2020
ClimateSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

How to Protect Yourself from Wildfire Smoke

Pay attention to the air quality in your area and know what different Air Quality…
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Mara Kardas-NelsonSeptember 21, 2020
ClimateSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

Racial and economic divides extend to wildfire smoke, too

While mounting evidence suggests that wildfire smoke is bad for all humans, not everyone is…
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Mara Kardas-NelsonSeptember 21, 2020
ClimateGovernmentSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

Can U.S. health authorities learn from BC’s experience with wildfire smoke?

British Columbia health specialists are ahead of their counterparts in the U.S. when it comes…
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Mara Kardas-NelsonSeptember 21, 2020
ClimateGovernmentSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

Government, employers do little to protect outdoor workers from smoke

Government and employers do little to protect outdoor laborer such as farmworkers, mail carriers and…
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Mara Kardas-NelsonSeptember 21, 2020
ClimateSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

Exposure to heat and wildfire smoke may harm babies, unborn infants

New research indicates that exposure to heat and other forms of pollution during pregnancy increases…
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Mara Kardas-NelsonSeptember 21, 2020
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