{"651877":{"#nid":"651877","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Wildfire smoke harms more people in the eastern U.S. than West, study shows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs large fires smolder in the western United States, the smoke can travel across the country, blanketing large population centers. Now, a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021GH000457\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Erecent study\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;shows that smoke, from both western wildfires and local sources, may be more harmful to residents in the eastern United States than many think.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;This is not surprising at all,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/weber-dr-rodney\u0022\u003ERodney Weber\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u0026nbsp;who was not involved in the study. \u0026ldquo;A lot of the smoke disperses out where it\u0026rsquo;s not very easily detectable.\u0026rdquo; The story\u0026nbsp;also appeared in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/nation-world\/nation\/wildfire-smoke-harms-more-people-in-eastern-u-s-than-in-west-study-shows\/\u0022\u003ESeattle Times\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-10-20 20:10:11","changed_gmt":"2021-10-22 19:42:25","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/weather\/2021\/10\/20\/wildfire-smoke-deaths-eastern-us\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-10-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-10-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"171762","name":"Rodney Weber"},{"id":"174683","name":"smoke"},{"id":"187941","name":"smoke aerosols"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}