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North America’s summer of wildfire smoke: 2023 was only the beginning

  • Written by Charles O. Stanier, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa

Canada’s seemingly endless wildfires in 2023 introduced millions of people across North America to the health hazards of wildfire smoke. While Western states have contended with smoky fire seasons for years, the air quality alerts across the U.S. Midwest and Northeast this summer reached levels never seen there before.

The smoke left the air...

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  2. White men have controlled women’s reproductive rights throughout American history – the post-Dobbs era is no different
  3. United Auto Workers strike – if it happens – should channel the legacy of Walter Reuther, who led the union at the peak of its power
  4. Michael Oher, Mike Tyson and the question of whether you own your life story
  5. Space junk in Earth orbit and on the Moon will increase with future missions − but nobody's in charge of cleaning it up
  6. Trans students benefit from gender-inclusive classrooms, research shows – and so do the other students and science itself
  7. How to get federal disaster aid: FEMA is running out of money, but these strategies can help survivors of Hurricane Idalia and the Maui fires get aid faster
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  9. Special counsels, like the one leading the Justice Department's investigation of Hunter Biden, are intended to be independent − but they aren't entirely
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