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The Effects of Forest fires on Air Quality

Organization(s):Our Lady of Mount Carmel School
Country:United States of America
Student(s):Leila Carey, Faith Garcia, Abigail Ryan
Grade Level:Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14)
GLOBE Educator(s):Angela Rizzi
Contributors:
Report Type(s):International Virtual Science Symposium Report
Protocols:Aerosols
Presentation Poster: View Document
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Date Submitted:2019-04-09
Fire Graph
The question we explored was “Do fires have a detrimental effect on air quality?”. Our hypothesis was that they do have a detrimental effect on air quality. We decided this by creating graphs that allowed us to analyze the data more clearly. We found that the spikes in the data occurred during the high points of the fire. These spikes reached way past the accepted PM 2.5 and AOT, meaning that the air quality was very dangerous for humans, animals, and plants in the area. The PM 2.5 rose to over 300 micrograms, with the accepted amount being 35. These things led us to believe that the effect of these fires and other fires are definitely detrimental and can even be life threatening.


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Maria Izaskun Petralanda- Jauregui
6 Years Ago - Edited
Dear Leila, Faith and Abigail,
Congratulations on your research project. It was very interesting to follow your data and to know of your concern on people environmental health problems.
I will make a little suggestion for further research projects. It will help very much to better understand your charts, tables and figures if you would add a legend indicating the key for colors and marks.
I look forward to hear from you in the future as environmental or biomedical scientists. Well done!
My congratulations to your teachers and collaborators Angela Rizzi and Margaret Pippen.
Yours sincerely, Dr. M. I. Petralanda