Research quantifies the health risks of wildland-urban interface fires, showing fire emissions in populated areas are three times more likely to lead to annual premature deaths than emissions from wildfires in general.

NSF NCAR scientists are studying key aspects of wildfires.

As athletes worldwide prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympics, the best of the best in weather research are also gearing up for a friendly competition. Several international weather research and forecasting organizations will collaborate to provide high-resolution forecast information for Olympics organizers as well as test the capabilities of experimental air quality and weather forecasting models.

Fires that burn through the wildland-urban interface are becoming more frequent worldwide, and the trend is likely to continue.

Scientists from the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) have begun a four-country deployment focused on obtaining airborne observations of air quality over some of Asia’s largest cities.