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Wildfire, Smoke and Air Quality Experts

Katherine E Kerlin — July 01, 2024 - 9:30am

A ��Ƶ wildfire, smoke and air quality experts list for media, updated for 2024.

Wildfire Smoke Reached 99% of U.S. Lakes in 2019-2021

Katherine E Kerlin — June 07, 2024 - 9:00am

Where there's smoke, there's not always fire. Wildfire smoke drifted to nearly every lake in North America for at least one day per year from 2019 to 2021, found a ��Ƶ study.

Smoke Covered 70% of California During Biggest Wildfire Years

Katherine E Kerlin — May 22, 2024 - 9:32am

As much as 70% of California was covered by wildfire smoke during parts of 2020 and 2021, according to a ��Ƶ study.

Climate Change Experts List

Katherine E Kerlin — August 05, 2023 - 12:14pm

The interdisciplinary nature of the ��Ƶ, Davis, yields a deep bench of climate change experts who can discuss with reporters various aspects of climate change and the many facets of life it touches.

Find experts by category in the lists below:

Science, Despite Smoke, at Lake Tahoe

Katherine E Kerlin — August 27, 2021 - 12:28pm

This week, the Lake Tahoe Basin has been experiencing the nation's worst air quality as the Caldor Fire and other nearby wildfires threaten the region.

Nevertheless, field staff from the ��Ƶ Tahoe Environmental Research Center were out on the water, taking critical new measurements to better understand how wildfire smoke affects the lake. The scientists included Brant Allen, Katie Senft and Brandon Berry.

Hope Amid the Heavy

Katherine E Kerlin — August 23, 2021 - 5:39pm

It’s been a heavy month. Depending on where you live, you may have faced flood, fire or smoke in the past few days and weeks. You may have looked out your own back door at a world you only vaguely recognize. You may have sent your kids back to school with two masks—one for a pandemic and the other for wildfire smoke. It’s been rough.

Turning Mud Into Wildfire-Resilient Housing

Katherine E Kerlin — June 30, 2021 - 1:00pm

Wildfire, in one way or another, touches nearly everyone who lives in California and, increasingly, the West. How do you make your home where disaster is a given? How do you learn to live with it?

The Closure: What’s Up With Academics?

Julia Ann Easley — November 20, 2018 - 8:58am

The loss of seven instructional days from the closure of campus and cancellation of classes has put ��Ƶ in uncharted territory and raised questions about not only current access to some services, but also the resumption and scheduling of academic activities. Here, Dateline offers a summary of what has been announced thus far.

Wildfire Smoke Affecting Campus

Andy Fell — October 11, 2017 - 8:21pm

Smoke affecting the ��Ƶ campus is from multiple fires burning in Northern California. Smoky conditions and poor air quality are likely to persist for some time.

More information is available online, from the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District. You can also follow the air quality district on Facebook and Twitter.