{"671947":{"#nid":"671947","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Climate Feedback Loop: Aerosol Particles from African Wildfires Increase Fire Intensity and Spread","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfrica is on fire. It has been for thousands of years. The continent contains more than 50 percent of the total area on Earth that is burning, on average, and there is no sign of it stopping; indeed, the migrating hemisphere-hopping African wildfire season is steadily increasing. The fire is essentially feeding itself in a vicious cycle involving aerosols, tiny particles that have a large impact on Earth\u0027s climate. Their interaction with the climate is intricate; they reinforce regulations of African ecosystems and pave the way for evolving wildfire patterns each year. The findings appear in a new \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cell.com\/iscience\/fulltext\/S2589-0042(23)02610-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS258900422302610X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue#secsectitle0015\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E co-authored by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/wang-dr-yuhang\u0022\u003EYuhang Wang\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAfrica is on fire. It has been for thousands of years. The continent contains more than 50 percent of the total area on Earth that is burning, on average, and there is no sign of it stopping; indeed, the migrating hemisphere-hopping African wildfire season is steadily increasing. The fire is essentially feeding itself in a vicious cycle involving aerosols, tiny particles that have a large impact on Earth\u0027s climate. Their interaction with the climate is intricate; they reinforce regulations of African ecosystems and pave the way for evolving wildfire patterns each year. The findings appear in a new \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cell.com\/iscience\/fulltext\/S2589-0042(23)02610-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS258900422302610X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue#secsectitle0015\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E co-authored by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/wang-dr-yuhang\u0022\u003EYuhang Wang\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2024-01-08 20:24:13","changed_gmt":"2024-01-08 20:24:13","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Nature World News","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.natureworldnews.com\/articles\/60151\/20240104\/climate-feedback-loop-aerosol-particles-african-wildfires-increase-fire-intensity.htm","dateline":{"date":"2024-01-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-01-04T00:00:00-05:00","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"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"169224","name":"Yuhang Wang"},{"id":"113111","name":"aerosols"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"861","name":"Africa"}],"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":""}}}