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AI can help forecast air quality, but freak events like 2023's summer of wildfire smoke require traditional methods too

  • Written by Joshua S. Fu, Chancellor's Professor in Engineering, Climate Change and Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee
AI can help forecast air quality, but freak events like 2023's summer of wildfire smoke require traditional methods tooThick smoke rolling in from Canada's 2023 wildfires was a wakeup call for several cities.Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

Wildfire smoke from Canada’s extreme fire season has left a lot of people thinking about air quality and wondering what to expect in the days ahead.

All air contains gaseous compounds and small particles. But as air...

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