This week, air quality in Puget Sound peaked at an AQI of over 250. Revisit these Crosscut articles to see how an increase in wildfire smoke affects mental health, the environment and public spaces.
Visitors to Northwest forests and parks will still see Smokey the Bear and the familiar fire danger color scheme, but new science will inform those predictions.
The oceans off Oregon and Washington are ground zero for ocean acidification, and Northwest scientists have been at the forefront of a new line of research.