September 9, 2019 – As fires throughout the nation have demonstrated over the last few weeks, fire season isn’t ending any time soon. While it’s impossible to predict just where the next wildfire will start, new Department of Defense-sponsored research from Brigham Young University’s Fire Research Lab is getting into the microscopic details of how […]
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Smoked out: Researchers develop a new wildfire smoke emissions model
August 24, 2018 – Chemical engineering researchers from Brigham Young University have developed an advanced model that can help predict pollution caused by wildfire smoke. The research, sponsored by the USDA Forest Service and the Department of Energy, provides a physical model that can more reliably predict soot and smoke emissions from wildfires over a […]