Fungal Spores in Wildfire Smoke Could Cause Lung Disease - Eos Mice exposed to fungi spready by wildfires developed symptoms, exposing a potential health hazard to humans that has been understudied.

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Possible ban on Chinese-made drones dismays U.S. scientists Switching to costlier, less capable drones could impede research on whales, forests, and more

Drones are critical tools for real-time #wildfire #pyroaerobiology smoke measurements, as well as whale snot research! Coincidence? www.science.org/content/arti...

Evidence for Wildland Fire Smoke Transport of Microbes From Terrestrial Sources to the Atmosphere and Back Most bacterial taxa in wildland fire smoke can be traced to local surface vegetation and soil communities The bacterial assemblage in ambient air was mostly derived from unknown sources Local te...

These results support a growing understanding of wildfire 🔥 as a microbial pump & smoke as an environmental reservoir & mechanism for dispersal.

Kobziar Fire Ecology Lab @uidaho.bsky.social

#pyroaerobiology #wildfire #dispersal #biogeography #bioaerosols

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