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Wildfire smoke and its harmful effects will worsen with climate change

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Pollution from wildfire smoke is increasing in the United States. Climate change is projected to exacerbate the problem, leading to 70,000 premature deaths each year by 2050. If no extra measures are taken, wildfire smoke could become one of the country’s worst climate disasters. Excess deaths from wildfire-smoke-derived fine particulate matter could reach 70,000 a year in the United States by 2050.

Source: Nature

DOI: 10.1038/d41586-025-03404-x

Language: English

Topic: Air Quality and Health Impacts

Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Good health and well-being, Life on land

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $12,690

OpenAlex ID: W4415666978

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