Wildfire Smoke Is Smothering the US—Even Where You Don't Expect It
Wildfire Smoke Is Smothering the US—Even Where You Don't Expect It
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
August 14, 20185m 54s
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (dovetail.prxu.org) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
America is on fire … again. More than a million and a half acres are burning in 15 states, from Arizona to Alaska. More than 3,000 firefighters are working to contain the Mendocino Complex Fire 100 miles north of San Francisco, now the largest in California history, and over the weekend, lightning strikes sparked dozens of new wildfires across the state of Washington. Near Mount Shasta, the deadly Carr Fire has so far incinerated 1,077 homes, forced mass evacuations, and killed eight.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices