Human-triggered California wildfires more severe than natural blazes
UCI scientists make the discovery using improved tracking algorithms
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UCI researcher gets NSF-backed grant to study wildfires' effects on farmworkers
Joint project will investigate their disproportionate impact on vulnerable population
NSF funds UCI project to study post-wildfire mudslides and flooding
Interdisciplinary researchers will examine infrastructure and public preparedness
Wildfire smoke could raise risk of severe Covid and death, study finds
NBC News, Aug. 13, 2021
What you should know about wildfire smoke exposure and COVID-19
Verywell Health, July 30, 2021
The pandemic slashed the West Coast's emissions. Wildfires already reversed it.
MIT Technology Review, July 27, 2021
Banerjee receives NSF funding to establish international ‘network of networks' on wildfire research
Research will address the fundamental knowledge gaps in the science and engineering aspects of wildfires
California wildfires disproportionately affect elderly and poor residents, UCI study finds
California’s wildfire burn area has increased by more than 23,000 acres per year over the past two decades, and the number of people who have been adversely affected has nearly doubled. In a paper published recently in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, UCI researchers show that elderly and low-income residents have […]
COVID-19 snarled groundbreaking Calif. wildfire safeguards
E&E News, May 7, 2021
California's wildfire season has lengthened, and its peak is now earlier in the year
UCI environmental engineers analyzed a century’s worth of the Golden State’s blazes