Long-term smoke exposure from massive wildfires lowers the energy reserves of orchard trees and can cut their nut production by half, researchers at the University of California, Davis, found. The ...

(The Conversation) – When wildfire smoke is in the air, doctors urge people to stay indoors to avoid breathing in harmful particles and gases. But what happens to trees and other plants that can’t ...

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Millicent Harvey's close up of smoke tree bloom. “To know the smoke tree is an experience; but one cannot know it at its strikingly best unless he has seen it in full flush of flower in June or early ...

Researchers at UC Davis found that long-term smoke exposure from massive wildfires lowers the energy reserves of orchard trees and can cut their nut production by half. The smoke can affect trees for ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. When wildfire smoke is in the air, doctors ...

Exposure to megafire smoke can reduce yields of almond, walnut and pistachio trees. Study shows smoke reduces a tree's energy reserves long after a fire ends. Long-term smoke exposure from massive ...