Wood stove experiment reveals how wildfire smoke helps sunlight regenerate nitrogen oxides

Wildfires bring to mind a blazing sea of flames. But what happens to the smoke? Anyone observing a wildfire from a safe distance notices mainly the enormous clouds that tower above the fire. These rise several kilometers and then embark on journeys that can extend across continen

Wildfires bring to mind a blazing sea of flames. But what happens to the smoke? Anyone observing a wildfire from a safe distance notices mainly the enormous clouds that tower above the fire.

These rise several kilometers and then embark on journeys that can extend across continents and oceans. Pollutants from wildfires in Canada can still be detected, for example, at the Jungfraujoch in the Swiss Alps.