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Scientists study the air quality and ecological effects of wildfire smoke and other pollutants.
They watched in real time how the leaves of living pine trees responded to wildfire smoke.
The study started quite by accident when smoke overwhelmed our research site in Colorado .
We hypothesize a few processes that could have caused the leaves to close their leaves, keeping them closed.
The jury is still out on exactly how long the effects of wildfire smoke last and how repeated smoke events will affect plants over the long term.
I study how our changing climate impacts plants, which in turn impact the atmosphere.
My research takes me everywhere from the lab to the greenhouse to forests.
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