Exploring Link Between Climate Change And Air Quality
The National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. Forest Service are funding the project.
As the climate warms, the population increases, and forests and croplands are altered, scientists expect the potential for air pollution in coming decades will change in significant and sometimes subtle ways. Policymakers, already concerned about curbing industrial emissions, also must factor in the possibility of more wildfires and the differing impacts that tree plantations and natural forests have on the formation of pollution.