Alaska will see a big increase in health-damaging air pollution from wildfires, study says
An especially dangerous component of fire-caused pollution — fine particulates — will at least double, the study found.
June 9, 2020
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Air pollution from wildfires will double for most of Alaska by mid-century, and some populations in both rural and urban areas will be especially hard hit. That’s according to a new study that projects trends in the rapidly warming state.
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