They will provide ecologists and land managers with new and better information to support biodiversity conservation,
wildfire risk assessment, and timber production while helping climate scientists and others to better understand the role that U.S. forests play in the global carbon cycle.»
Smoke exposure increases respiratory and cardiovascular hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and medication dispensations for asthma, bronchitis, chest pain, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (commonly known by its acronym, COPD), respiratory infections, and medical visits for lung illnesses.38, 43,160 It has been associated with hundreds of thousands of deaths annually, in an
assessment of the global health
risks from landscape fire smoke.38, 43,44,141,45 Future climate change is projected to increase
wildfire risks and associated emissions, with harmful impacts on health.18, 161,162,10,163,164,36