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Pieternel Levelt selected as member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Pieternel Levelt, director of NSF NCAR's chemistry lab, has been honored as a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Air Quality
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Smoke from wildland-urban interface fires more deadly than remote wildfires
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.
- Air Quality
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Wildfire experts available to explain fire behavior, potential impacts
NSF NCAR scientists are studying key aspects of wildfires.
- Air Quality,
- Climate
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Let the forecasting games begin
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.
- Air Quality
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Fires pose growing worldwide threat to wildland-urban interface
Fires that burn through the wildland-urban interface are becoming more frequent worldwide, and the trend is likely to continue.
- Air Quality