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February 7 · Issue #8 · View online
Handpicked stories for people who care about clean air.
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🏆 Air pollution scientist Dr. Jessica McCarty joins us in Oxygen Mag today. She has handpicked stories that explore the impact of crop burning, forest fires and climate change on air pollution.
Dr. McCarty is a Research Scientist at Michigan Tech Research Institute. When she teaches at Michigan Tech University, she uses photos and videos from her travels in Nepal, Mexico, China, Peru and South Africa to convey air pollution concepts to her students, who are fortunate to have some of the cleanest air in North America, near Lake Superior. |
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Today’s issue is curated by Dr. Jessica McCarty on how crop burning, forest fires and climate change are impacting air pollution. I encourage you to follow Jessica on Twitter and read her research papers too.
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🌾 Farmers’ Unchecked Crop Burning Fuels India’s Air Pollution
Burning crop residues in agricultural fields causes air pollution that not only negatively impacts rural populations, but also far away cities. In November 2016, New Delhi, with a population of approximately 25 million people, was impacted by crop burning as far away as 400 km. Forest fires too. CHOKING. |
⚡️ Mortality due to Vegetation Fire [PDF]
A recent study found that between 1,000 to 1,500 premature deaths occurred in Europe from 2005 to 2008 due to PM2.5 pollution from vegetation fire. RESEARCH.
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💥 Worst Wildfires in Chile's History
Ongoing wildfires in Chile are destroying homes, whole communities, and causing extensive air pollution. The media is labeling these the worst wildfires in Chile’s history. RECENT NEWS.
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☠ Fire History is Linked to Human History
New research identifies four major fire regime periods since 1600, all of which are linked to patterns of human activity more than historical climate changes. PNAS paper here. HISTORY. |
🌳 Impact of anthropogenic climate change on wildfire across western US forests
Human-caused climate change caused over half of the documented increases in fuel aridity since the 1970s and doubled the cumulative forest fire area since 1984. CLIMATE CHANGE.
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🕰 Climate-induced variations in global wildfire danger from 1979 to 2013
The potential for wildfires has also increased globally due to climate change lengthening fire seasons and the potential for sever fire weather conditions. MORE DANGER.
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🌫 Forest fire policy: change conventional thinking of smoke management to prioritize long-term air quality and public health
Public health researchers are starting to view wildfire and fire sources as not extreme events of air pollution but rather background pollution that should be worked into current regulations and models. PUBLIC HEALTH.
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🌍 The Open Burning Project To Mitigation Options to Reduce Open Burning
Work funded by UN’s CCAC (Climate and Clean Air Coalition) advocates the introduction of climate-smart and conservation agriculture management practices to transition to no-burn agricultural fire regimes. PROMISING. |
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Thank you Dr. Jessica McCarty for selecting these important stories for us today, and to Smart Air Filters for sponsoring this issue of Oxygen Mag. It means the world to me. In case you missed Dr. Pallavi Pant’s handpicked stories about A ir Pollution in South Asia a couple weeks ago in Oxygen Mag, you can find it right here. |
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