ArticleCommunications earth & environment2025
Anthropogenic climate change contributes to wildfire particulate matter and related mortality in the United States.
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- Cardiopulmonary hospitalization risks from wildfire-specific and non-wildfire PMNature communications · 2026Article
- Faster, bigger, more severe: Extreme wildfire spread sets the stage for forest ecosystem change in western and boreal North America.Science advances · 2026Article
- Heatwaves enable wildfire activity in the western United States.Science advances · 2026Article
- Field Evaluation of Do-It-Yourself Air Filtration Solutions for Evaporative Coolers to Reduce Ambient Particle Infiltration in Homes in Wildfire-Affected Communities.ACS ES&T air · 2026Article
- Valuing wildfire smoke-related mortality benefits from climate mitigation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Large role of anthropogenic climate change in driving smoke concentrations across the western United States from 1992 to 2020.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Using Satellite Remote Sensing to Estimate Rangeland Carrying Capacity for Sustainable Management of the Marismeño Horse in Doñana National Park, Spain.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
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Abstract
Climate change has increased forest fire extent in temperate and boreal North America. Here, we quantified the contribution of anthropogenic climate change to human mortality and economic burden from exposure to wildfire particulate matter at the county and state level across the contiguous US (2006 to 2020) by integrating climate projections, climate-wildfire models, wildfire smoke models, and emission and health impact modeling. Climate change contributed to approximately 15,000 wildfire particulate matter deaths over 15 years with interannual variability ranging from 130 (95% confidence interval: 64, 190) to 5100 (95% confidence interval: 2500, 7500) deaths and a cumulative economic burden of $160 billion. Approximately 34% of the additional deaths attributable to climate change occurred in 2020, costing $58 billion. The economic burden was highest in California, Oregon, and Washington. We suggest that absent abrupt changes in climate trajectories, land management, and population, the indirect impacts of climate change on human-health through wildfire smoke will escalate.
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