” These things are probably going to be a little more common in the future, so we need to have some kind of safeguards built into the way we house ourselves, the way that we deal with transportation, the way we do all sorts of other things, that can take account of not only this event, but other events that are beginning to show up with a little bit greater regularity.”

That is Professor Jonathan Martin discussing the dangerous air quality lingering on the US east coast and parts of the Midwest due to wildfires in Canada. He joins host Carousel Bayrd to explain what is happening and why.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s air quality forecast was referenced in this broadcast and can be found here.

Jonathan Martin is a professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at UW-Madison. Author or co-author of more than 40 scientific publications, including the leading undergraduate textbook on atmospheric dynamics, “Mid-Latitude Atmospheric Dynamics: A First Course”

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