{"id":37752,"date":"2026-06-16T13:10:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/stem\/?p=37752"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:10:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:10:41","slug":"dr-dan-jaffe-on-preparing-for-wildfire-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/stem\/news\/2026\/06\/16\/dr-dan-jaffe-on-preparing-for-wildfire-season","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Dan Jaffe on preparing for wildfire season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With summer ramping up, wildfire season is soon approaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/faculty\/dan-jaffe\/\">Dr. Dan Jaffe<\/a>, professor in the Department of Physical Sciences, has taught and studied environmental chemistry and air pollution for\u202fnearly 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Jaffe, in the last 10 years, the amount of smoke that the Pacific Northwest has received has gone up dramatically. 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