Wild Smoke: Managing Forest Pollution in Northern British Columbia since 1950

• Published in: Environment and History
• Main Author: Mica Jorgenson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: environmental history; wildfire; Antarctic; Canada; British Columbia; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3197/096734023x16702350656924

Almost every year, ash drifts from forest fires in north-western Canada into northern Europe, altering forecasts on both continents, settling in Antarctic ice and turning the skies over the world’s major cities an apocalyptic orange. As smoke drifts from the forests into nearby communities and dista...