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Wildfire smoke changes dramatically as it ages, and that matters for downwind air quality – here's what we learned flying through smoke plumes

  • Written by Brett B. Palm, Postdoctoral Researcher in Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Washington
imageSampling wildfire smoke sometimes means sticking a tube out the window of an airplane.Brett Palm/University of Washington, CC BY-ND

The year 2020 will be remembered for many reasons, including its record-breaking wildfires that turned San Francisco’s skies an apocalyptic shade of red and blanketed large parts of the West in smoke for weeks on...

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