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Up in Smoke

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Published August 09, 2024 9:00am

Two scenes. In the first, a doctor gets a call — the hospital she works at is having an outbreak of unknown origin, in the middle of the worst wildfire season on record. In the second, an ecologist stands in a forest, watching it burn. Through very different circumstances, they both find themselves asking the same question: is there something in the smoke? This question will bring them together, and reveal – to all of us – a world we never saw before. 

This is the first episode in an ongoing series hosted by Molly Webster, in conversation with scientists and sci...

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