Wildfire smoke exposure and mortality burden in the USA under climate change

2025/09/18 by Minghao Qiu, Jessica Li, Carlos F. Gould +12 · 2 voices · 11 citations
Environmental Science · #Climate Change and Health Impacts

paper · doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09611-w

Citations

• Exposures and behavioural responses to wildfire smoke

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Discussions

• Here's the abstract from the Nature study @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social cites. Here's its DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s415... They estimate 70,000 extra deaths EVERY YEAR by 2050 due to smoke health impacts. T [bsky, 49 points, 1 comments]
• Wildfire smoke exposure and mortality burden in the USA under climate change Qiu+ doi.org/10.1038/s415... "When monetized, climate-driven smoke deaths result in economic damages that exceed existing [bsky, 7 points, 0 comments]