Smoke-related deaths from California wildfires have cost billions of dollars in the past decade, study shows
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These findings suggest that society needs to invest in coordinated forest management, wildland-urban interface management, and climate change mitigation.
When wildfires rage, the immediate threat is obvious—but smoke from the fires actually kills far more people than the flames.