Wildfire smoke causes at least 16,000 deaths per year in the U.S. and is predicted to get worse by 2050.
  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Decades of fire suppression have built the conditions for wildfires. Fires were pretty common in the boreal forest, but not letting them burn so the forestry companies didn’t lose product has lead to this.