Lower test scores from wildfire smoke exposure

Jeff Wen () and Marshall Burke
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Jeff Wen: Stanford University
Marshall Burke: Stanford University

Nature Sustainability, 2022, vol. 5, issue 11, 947-955

Abstract: Abstract Wildfires have increased in frequency and severity over the past two decades, threatening to undo substantial air quality improvements. We investigate the relationship between wildfire smoke exposure and learning outcomes across the United States using standardized test scores from 2009–2016 for nearly 11,700 school districts and satellite-derived estimates of daily smoke exposure. Relative to a school year with no smoke, average cumulative smoke-attributable PM2.5 (surface particulate matter

Date: 2022
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