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A new approach to forecasting toxic metals in wildfire smoke

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What happened

In early July 2026, Stanford postdoctoral researcher Alex Honeyman and graduate student Mark Leone attached a box the size of a briefcase to a fire truck in Colorado that was about to be dispatched to a wildfire 300 miles (480 kilometers) away.

Key facts

  • In early July 2026, Stanford postdoctoral researcher Alex Honeyman and graduate student Mark Leone attached a box the size of a briefcase to a fire truck in Colorado that was about to be dispatched to a wildfire 300 miles (480 kilometers) away.
  • Reported by Phys.org and published Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:20:09 UTC.

Why it matters

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