Climate change and public health in California: A structured review of exposures, vulnerable populations, and adaptation measures

M Jerrett, R Connolly, DA Garcia-Gonzales… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
California faces several serious direct and indirect climate exposures that can adversely
affect public health, some of which are already occurring. The public health burden now and …

[HTML][HTML] State of Wildfires 2023–2024

MW Jones, DI Kelley, CA Burton… - Earth System …, 2024 - essd.copernicus.org
Climate change contributes to the increased frequency and intensity of wildfires globally,
with significant impacts on society and the environment. However, our understanding of the …

Lower test scores from wildfire smoke exposure

J Wen, M Burke - Nature Sustainability, 2022 - nature.com
Wildfires have increased in frequency and severity over the past two decades, threatening to
undo substantial air quality improvements. We investigate the relationship between wildfire …

Exposures and behavioural responses to wildfire smoke

M Burke, S Heft-Neal, J Li, A Driscoll, P Baylis… - Nature human …, 2022 - nature.com
Pollution from wildfires constitutes a growing source of poor air quality globally. To protect
health, governments largely rely on citizens to limit their own wildfire smoke exposures, but …

Assessing residential PM2.5 concentrations and infiltration factors with high spatiotemporal resolution using crowdsourced sensors

DM Lunderberg, Y Liang, BC Singer… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Building conditions, outdoor climate, and human behavior influence residential
concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2. 5). To study PM2. 5 spatiotemporal variability …

Impact of do‐it‐yourself air cleaner design on the reduction of simulated wildfire smoke in a controlled chamber environment

AL Holder, HS Halliday, L Virtaranta - Indoor air, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
During wildfire smoke events public health agencies release advisories to stay indoors,
close doors and windows, and operate a portable air cleaner (PAC). The do‐it‐yourself …

The persistence of smoke VOCs indoors: Partitioning, surface cleaning, and air cleaning in a smoke-contaminated house

J Li, MF Link, S Pandit, MH Webb, KJ Mayer… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Wildfires are increasing in frequency, raising concerns that smoke can permeate indoor
environments and expose people to chemical air contaminants. To study smoke …

Eclipse: An end-to-end platform for low-cost, hyperlocal environmental sensing in cities

MIG Daepp, A Cabral, V Ranganathan… - 2022 21st ACM/IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents Eclipse, a platform for low-cost urban environmental sensing using
solar-powered and cellular-connected devices. Dense sensor networks promise to monitor …

The impact of wildfires on air pollution and health across land use categories in Brazil over a 16-year period

I Cobelo, FJ Castelhano, R Borge, HL Roig… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Forest fires cause many environmental impacts, including air pollution. Brazil is a very fire-
prone region where few studies have investigated the impact of wildfires on air quality and …

Wildfire impact on indoor and outdoor PAH air quality

CC Ghetu, D Rohlman, BW Smith… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Air quality impacts from wildfires are poorly understood, particularly indoors. As frequencies
increase, it is important to optimize methodologies to understand and reduce chemical …