The growing health threat of wildland-urban interface fires
The elevated dangers of smoke from wildland-urban interface fires – wildfires that encroach into urban spaces – has been revealed by new research which also finds that the threat is increasing.
Study finds toxic chemicals in lichen and moss in the Pyrenees
Research undertaken in the Irati Forest in the western Pyrenees has highlighted how pollutants can settle in ostensibly clean environments, having travelled long distances through the atmosphere.