Aeromicrobiology: A global review of the cycling and relationships of bioaerosols with the atmosphere

AC Tastassa, Y Sharaby, N Lang-Yona - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Airborne microorganisms and biological matter (bioaerosols) play a key role in global
biogeochemical cycling, human and crop health trends, and climate patterns. Their …

Smoke and the eyes: A review of the harmful effects of wildfire smoke and air pollution on the ocular surface

S Jaiswal, I Jalbert, K Schmid, N Tein, S Wang… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wildfires are occurring worldwide with greater frequency and intensity. Wildfires, as well as
other sources of air pollution including environmental tobacco smoke, household biomass …

[PDF][PDF] Reimagine fire science for the anthropocene

JK Shuman, JK Balch, RT Barnes, PE Higuera… - PNAS …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Fire is an integral component of ecosystems globally and a tool that humans have
harnessed for millennia. Altered fire regimes are a fundamental cause and consequence of …

Quantifying fire-specific smoke exposure and health impacts

J Wen, S Heft-Neal, P Baylis… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Rapidly changing wildfire regimes across the Western United States have driven more
frequent and severe wildfires, resulting in wide-ranging societal threats from wildfires and …

Bee The CURE: Increasing student science self-efficacy, science identity, and predictors of scientific civic engagement in a community college cure

AK Dunbar-Wallis, J Katcher, W Moore… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2024 - lifescied.org
“Bee the CURE” is a Power-of-Place course-based undergraduate research experience
(PoP-CUREs;) that combines place-based education (Demarest, 2014; Gruenewald, 2014) …

Bacterial Emission Factors: A Foundation for the Terrestrial-Atmospheric Modeling of Bacteria Aerosolized by Wildland Fires

LN Kobziar, P Lampman, A Tohidi… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Wildland fire is a major global driver in the exchange of aerosols between terrestrial
environments and the atmosphere. This exchange is commonly quantified using emission …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of soil bacteria to the atmosphere across biomes

SDJ Archer, KC Lee, T Caruso, A Alcami… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The dispersion of microorganisms through the atmosphere is a continual and essential
process that underpins biogeography and ecosystem development and function. Despite the …

The aeromicrobiome: the selective and dynamic outer-layer of the Earth's microbiome

P Amato, F Mathonat, L Nuñez Lopez… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The atmosphere is an integral component of the Earth's microbiome. Abundance, viability,
and diversity of microorganisms circulating in the air are determined by various factors …

Evidence for wildland fire smoke transport of microbes from terrestrial sources to the atmosphere and back

K Bonfantine, DC Vuono, BC Christner… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Smoke from wildland fires contains more diverse, viable microbes than typical ambient air,
yet little is known about the sources and sinks of smoke‐borne microorganisms. Data from …

[HTML][HTML] “Air That Once Was Breath” Part 1: Wildfire-Smoke-Induced Mechanisms of Airway Inflammation–“Climate Change, Allergy and Immunology” Special IAAI …

WS Bowman, RJ Schmidt, GK Sanghar… - … Archives of Allergy and …, 2024 - karger.com
Background: Wildfires are a global concern due to their wide-ranging environmental,
economic, and public health impacts. Climate change contributes to an increase in the …