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The paper, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, found that from 2006 to 2020, long-term exposure to tiny particulates from wildfire smoke contributed to an average of 24,100 deaths a year in the lower 48 states.
Researchers have identified two urgent challenges the United States faces in adapting to climate change: a potential disaster insurance crisis and the lack of comprehensive relocation policies for communities facing chronic flooding.
Researchers predict that the problem will only get worse as climate change leads to more intense and frequent rainstorms. They estimate that post-fire soil erosion could increase by as much as 28% by the year 2070.
A seemingly small difference in global warming levels could greatly impact wildfires worldwide, researchers have found
Three typhoons, which caused much damage to the Korean Peninsula in the summer of 2020, affected forest fires in Oregon by changing jet streams with strong energy.
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