Western US wildfire smoke plumes are getting taller

ScienceDaily
Jul 27, 2022, 5:26 pm145 pts
In recent years the plumes of smoke crawling upward from Western wildfires have trended taller, with more smoke and aerosols lofted up where they can spread farther and impact air quality over a wider area. The likely cause is climate change, with decreased precipitation and increased aridity in the Western…

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