How Do Brazilian Fires Affect Air Pollution and Public Health?

Fires burning across the Amazon in the summer of 2019 attracted global attention for the widespread destruction of natural ecosystems and regional smoke production. Using a combination of satellite fire observations and atmospheric modeling, Nawaz and Henze (2020, https://doi.org.10.1029/2020GH00026...

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Autores principales: Marlier, M. E., Bonilla, E. X., Mickley, L. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7698020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33313462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020GH000331
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description Fires burning across the Amazon in the summer of 2019 attracted global attention for the widespread destruction of natural ecosystems and regional smoke production. Using a combination of satellite fire observations and atmospheric modeling, Nawaz and Henze (2020, https://doi.org.10.1029/2020GH000268) provide new evidence for the widespread regional public health consequences attributed to these fires. They find that approximately 10% of premature deaths in Brazil due to fine particulate matter (PM(2.5)) are attributable to smoke pollution and highlight how fire locations play a critical role in determining downwind health impacts.
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spelling pubmed-76980202020-12-10 How Do Brazilian Fires Affect Air Pollution and Public Health? Marlier, M. E. Bonilla, E. X. Mickley, L. J. Geohealth Commentaries Fires burning across the Amazon in the summer of 2019 attracted global attention for the widespread destruction of natural ecosystems and regional smoke production. Using a combination of satellite fire observations and atmospheric modeling, Nawaz and Henze (2020, https://doi.org.10.1029/2020GH000268) provide new evidence for the widespread regional public health consequences attributed to these fires. They find that approximately 10% of premature deaths in Brazil due to fine particulate matter (PM(2.5)) are attributable to smoke pollution and highlight how fire locations play a critical role in determining downwind health impacts. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7698020/ /pubmed/33313462 http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020GH000331 Text en ©2020. The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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