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Satellite visuals of the Canada wildfires and smoke were featured across many news and media organizations during the first week of June. These animations were created by Dakota Smith and posted in CIRA’s Satellite Library. The coverage included a NYTimes.com front page feature and an article in the Washington Post that highlighted multiple animations. Dakota was also interviewed as part of the Washington Post’s coverage. More information and links can be found below. (POC: S. Miller, Steven.Miller@colostate.edu, D. Smith, CIRA, dakota.smith@colostate.edu) Funding: GOES-R
New York Times: “Noxious Air in the U.S. Pushes South and West”, https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/08/us/canada-wildfires-air-quality-smoke
New York Times: “Roughly 150 fires were active in Quebec alone…”, https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1666591652688060416
AP News: “Millions breathing hazardous air as smoke from Canadian wildfires streams south over US”, https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-canada-quebec-3291016eaa4905177c90feae02a139c5
BBC News: “How far can wildfire smoke travel”, https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-65835239/page/3
Washington Post: “Satellite images show wildfire smoke creeping from Canada across U.S.”, https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/06/08/canada-wildfire-smoke-satellite-images/
ABC News: “Air pollution cloaks eastern US for a second day. Here’s why there is so much smoke”, https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/canada-wildfires-lead-air-quality-alerts-us-stay-99878447
ABC News: “World News Now”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeTok0U2fZA
ABC News: “Canada wildfires: 80 million under air quality alerts as result of the ongoing wildfires”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psxAnaKaLC8&t=82s
CBS News: “When will the wildfire smoke clear? Here’s what meteorologists say”, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/canada-wildfire-smoke-how-much-longer-air-quality-improve-forecast/
Space.com: “Satellite photos show US East Coast engulfed by smoke from Canadian wildfires”, https://www.space.com/satellite-photos-canada-wildfire-smoke-us-east-coast
Yahoo! News: “Satellite Imagery Shows Canada Wildfires Smoke Spreading Across North East States”, https://uk.news.yahoo.com/satellite-imagery-shows-canada-wildfires-022053571.html
Yahoo! News: “ Flames From ‘Raging’ Quebec Wildfires Visible in Satellite Images”, https://uk.news.yahoo.com/flames-raging-quebec-wildfires-visible-155005764.html
CBS News: “Maps, satellite images show Canadian wildfire smoke enveloping parts of U.S. with hazardous air”, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/canadian-wildfire-smoke-maps-air-quality-alerts/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3b
The Guardian: “Canada wildfires smoke: climate change ‘accelerated conditions’, says New York mayor as Canada battles more than 400 blazes – as it happened”, https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/jun/07/air-quality-alerts-canada-wildfires-smoke-live-updates
The Atlantic: “Photos: Smoke From Canada’s Wildfires Drifts South”, https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2023/06/canada-wildfire-smoke-air-quality-alerts-new-york/674317/
The Messenger: “Eerie Satellite Photos Show Scale of Canadian Wildfire Smoke in the US”, https://themessenger.com/news/eerie-satellite-photos-show-scale-of-canadian-wildfire-smoke-in-the-u-s
CBC News: “Wildfire smoke prompts air quality alert for Chatham-Kent, Sarnia-Lambton”, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/wildfire-smoke-chatham-kent-sarnia-lambton-1.6867833
Philadelphia Inquirer: “Millions breathing hazardous air as smoke from Canadian wildfires streams south over US”, https://www.inquirer.com/news/nation-world/canada-wildfires-smoke-air-quality-20230607.html
AccuWeather: “How long will the bad air quality continue in NYC, Northeast?”, https://www.accuweather.com/en/health-wellness/how-long-will-the-bad-air-quality-continue-in-nyc-northeast/1537537?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=breakingweather&utm_medium=social
KPRC 2 Click2Houston: “Flames from ‘raging’ Quebec wildfires visible in satellite images”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8hJFGqD_xs
The Independent: “Satellite footage shows smoke from Canada wildfires barreling towards US”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMuhLIw3Xgw