OUR GEM: Smoke on the water
Hayden Lake. Photo courtesy of Our Gem.
With more than a month of diminished air quality due to wildfire smoke this summer, you may be wondering whether smoke impacts extend beyond what we already know about human health: Where does the smoke end up? Does it affect ecosystems like Lake Coeur d’Alene?
Much more attention has been given to the downstream effects of fire on water, but there is growing interest in the downwind impacts of smoke on water bodies and water quality.
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