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The smoke detectors. / Moller, Sarah.
In: Planet Earth, No. SPRING, 29.06.2012, p. 12-13.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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T1 - The smoke detectors
AU - Moller, Sarah
PY - 2012/6/29
Y1 - 2012/6/29
N2 - Sarah Moller and colleagues spent part of last summer flying over Canada to learn more about wildfires and their impact on the environment. They affect up to 20 million hectares of northern forests every year. They do not just cause damage on the ground, but the plumes of gases they release are a major source of air pollution. Sarah's project studies the polluting effects of fires in boreal forests, which means the subarctic - north of 50°N. This type of fire is often called biomass burning. Locally the consequences are obvious; fires remove vegetation, endanger life and fill the air with thick black smoke. Sarah's team needs to know the age of the plume and understand how its chemistry changes over time, to let them predict what the air will be like by the time it reaches the UK.
AB - Sarah Moller and colleagues spent part of last summer flying over Canada to learn more about wildfires and their impact on the environment. They affect up to 20 million hectares of northern forests every year. They do not just cause damage on the ground, but the plumes of gases they release are a major source of air pollution. Sarah's project studies the polluting effects of fires in boreal forests, which means the subarctic - north of 50°N. This type of fire is often called biomass burning. Locally the consequences are obvious; fires remove vegetation, endanger life and fill the air with thick black smoke. Sarah's team needs to know the age of the plume and understand how its chemistry changes over time, to let them predict what the air will be like by the time it reaches the UK.
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JO - Planet Earth
JF - Planet Earth
SN - 1479-2605
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