STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WTAJ) Since the school year began, many schools have been forced to temporarily close or cancel activities because of extreme temperatures, including some right here in our area.
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Wildfires in Canada are breaking records this year, and one effect has been days of haze and unhealthy air in Pennsylvania. WPSU spoke with Erica Smithwick, a fire ecology expert and distinguished professor of geography at Penn State, about the fires and what role climate change is playing.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires that turned skies along the East Coast a sickly yellow also brought air quality alerts to much of the Midwest last week. Climate experts say that as the planet continues to warm, this kind of spring will become less of an anomaly. In the process, air quality will continue to worsen, as will its impact on human health.
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