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A Stanford-led study suggests that burning 500,000 acres of California conifer forests each year with prescribed fire could cut deadly pollution from wildfire smoke by roughly 10% over a decade. The risk of very severe fires immediately drops 92% in areas burned in low-severity fires, with risks remaining lower for up to a decade and e...
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Prescribed fires can cut smoke pollution for years, miles beyond burn areas Stanford University · Jun 11, 2026 · first to report
- Low-severity fires can save on smoke pollution over decades American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) · Jun 11, 2026