Tweets prove to be reliable indicator of air quality conditions during wildfires

Whether it is caused by wildfire or prescribed fire, smoke can have serious health ramifications. Scientists evaluated 39,000 tweets originating in California during the state's 2015 wildfire season to learn whether what people tweet can be used to predict air quality in areas affected by fire.

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