Trees don’t like to breathe wildfire smoke, either – and they’ll hold their breath to avoid it

Photo caption: California National Guard Soldiers and CAL FIRE crew members continue to fight the Carr Fire, at 41% containment, with water-drop efforts from a UH-60 Black Hawk over Shasta County, California on August 4, 2018. Photo credit: U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Lani O. Pascual. Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Delphine Farmer and Mj Riches. The Conversation – July 30, 2024.

When wildfire smoke is in the air, doctors urge people to stay indoors to avoid breathing in harmful particles and gases. But what happens to trees and other plants that can’t escape from the smoke? They respond a bit like us, it turns out: Some trees essentially shut their windows and doors and hold their breath. […]

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