Wildfire Smoke Drives Significant Ozone Pollution and Thousands of Deaths in the US

Researchers found that fire smoke significantly increases ground-level ozone (O3) concentrations, leading to an estimated 2045 annual excess deaths in the US between 2006 and 2023.

The study quantified changes in ground-level O3 during smoke episodes across the contiguous US from 2006 to 2023, using surface air quality measurements, satellite data, and machine learning models.

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This study used surface air quality measurements, satellite data, and machine learning models to analyze O3 concentrations across the contiguous US from 2006 to 2023. It corrected for meteorological variability to isolate smoke's impact.