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California Forests Are Disappearing–And So Are Air Pollution Disparities

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California wildfires, 1980-2000 and 2001-2020 Source: California Fire Perimeters (1898-2020) dataset by Conservation Biology Institute. in the period 2006-2010. As the average air quality in 2006-2010 is 10.95, this is roughly a 1.4 in 2011-2015 and 0.09 percent decline in exposure. But this coefficient declines to 0.13

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