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Every summer, the wildfires leave its mark, and this year is no different. Recently officials of Northern California are warning residents to stay indoors due to the widespread hazardous smoke produced by wildfires raging across the region. The thick smoke has extended beyond California and causing alarm in many other cities.There have been more than 6,800 wildfires large and small recorded within California alone...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a virus that has caused a global epidemic. According to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, “the virus that causes COVID-19 is believed to be spread mainly from person to person, through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks” (CDC, 2020).   Since viruses like COVID-19 are mainly spread among humans through droplets...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), issues daily air quality forecast guidance as part of a national Air Quality Forecasting Capability. Air quality has improved significantly since the passage of the Clean Air Act in 1970; however, there are still many areas of the country where the public is exposed to unhealthy levels of air...