Health experts Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi and Nozomi Sasaki look at how climate change is increasing wildfire smoke exposure and related health risks. Host Heather Lynch, as well as Danesh Yazdi and Sasaki from Program in Public Health at Stony Brook University, discuss evidence linking airborne particles to increased mortality and cardiopulmonary impacts. They point to growing research, using large administrative datasets and local hospital data to assess impacts, that suggests wildfire smoke is more harmful than other pollution sources.

Then, meet Jada Blanche, a marine vertebrates biology student, presenting her poem, "Fleeting Fall." The poem was published in the ambitious student-led book "Nature State of Mind: SUNY Students Reflect On Our Environment."

C4E Presents is a production of Stony Brook’s Collaborative for the Earth.

Host: Heather Lynch
Editor: J.D. Allen
Producer: Jordan Vallone
Program Manager: Jennifer Gilday