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Prescribed fires can cut smoke pollution for years, miles beyond burn areas

A new study finds that burning 500,000 acres (202,000 hectares) of California conifer forests each year with prescribed fire could cut deadly pollution from wildfire smoke by roughly 10% over a decade.

Prescribed fires can cut smoke pollution for years, miles beyond burn areas
Image: Phys.org
A new study finds that burning 500,000 acres (202,000 hectares) of California conifer forests each year with prescribed fire could cut deadly pollution from wildfire smoke by roughly 10% over a decade.

Originally published at Phys.org

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