Celebrate Air Quality Awareness Week

Celebrate #AirQualityAwarenessWeek by hugging a tree in the Chattahoochee Oconee National Forest. Trees help clean our air by filtering out pollutants and fine particles such as carbon dioxide, making the air cleaner and easier to breathe.  Each year, millions of people are exposed to unhealthy air quality. As wildfire seasons grow longer, hotter and drier, more people feel the effects of smoke—even in communities far from forests. By developing tools and resources that help forecast when and where smoke will travel, the #PacificNorthwestResearchStation helps public health agencies and communities prepare for smoke impacts.  Scientists are finding new ways to estimate potential smoke impacts from fire.