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With forecasts calling for improved air quality, Seattle campus will reopen Friday

Normal operations will resume Friday at Northeastern University’s Seattle campus after it was closed for most of the week as a health precaution against smoke-filled skies from nearby wildfires, Dave Thurman, the regional chief executive officer and dean in Seattle, said.

by Peter Ramjug September 18, 2020

Neri dos Santos Silva watches an encroaching fire threat after digging trenches to keep the flames from spreading to the farm he works on, in the Nova Santa Helena municipality, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Under increasing international pressure to contain fires sweeping parts of the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro recently authorized use of the military to battle the massive blazes. AP Photo/Leo Correa

The Amazon rainforest has been burning for weeks. Here’s why that matters.

The ongoing wildfires in the Amazon could worsen because of deforestation, says Aron Stubbins, a Northeastern professor of marine and environmental science.

by Roberto Molar Candanosa August 26, 2019

A firefighter battling wildfires in the western United States typically wears a bandanna.

Fighting wildfires is a dangerous job. These researchers have a plan to make it safer.

Chiara Bellini and Jessica Oakes, assistant professors of bioengineering at Northeastern, recently received a $1.5 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to study the health consequences of smoke inhalation on wildland firefighters.

by Laura Castañón October 30, 2018

With forecasts calling for improved air quality, Seattle campus will reopen Friday

The Amazon rainforest has been burning for weeks. Here’s why that matters.

Fighting wildfires is a dangerous job. These researchers have a plan to make it safer.

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