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People often love the night sky in our region. There’s less light pollution and you can see more stars. That is, until wildfire season. The smoke from those fires filters starlight and sometimes blots it out completely. That could mean fewer stargazing tourists venture into our region to take in a nighttime view of the galaxy.
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Two Western cities registered the poorest air quality in the world over the last week as smoke from wildfires in northern California turned the skies over the Rocky Mountains into a chalky white abyss.
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It found that average occupancy rates at campgrounds in the West dropped by 1.3 percentage points when smoke was bad—driving concerns about public health.
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If you have risk factors, you will want to check the Air Quality Index (AQI), and avoid going out if levels are over 100. For everyone else, limit activity over 150, and avoid exercising outdoors at levels over 200.
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Air quality specialists say the smoky conditions that showed up earlier than usual this year, could stick around until October for some parts of the region.
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High-elevation forests in the Rocky Mountain region are burning more now than at any point in the past 2,000 years. That's according to a new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
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Gains in air quality had been hailed as a silver lining amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But according to new data out this week, those improvements in the…
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Wildfire research has become increasingly important in recent years as climate change has caused fires to become more common and more intense. But…
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As wildfires become more common and intense, it's becoming critical to understand how they affect the climate. And according to newly accepted data from…
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A new study suggests smoke from wildfires is more dangerous than other air pollutants for asthma patients.