How researchers can measure wildfire smoke exposure better

To improve health and equity research, scientists have developed a framework for measuring long-term exposure to the fine particulate matter that wildfires produce.

Kids born in 2020 worldwide will experience twice the number of wildfires during their lifetimes compared with those born in 1960. In California and other Western states, frequent wildfires have become as much a part of summer and fall as popsicles and Halloween candy.