UCI Science Delivery: Audrey Odwuor and the Caldor Fire
UC Irvine Earth System scientists prepare to head to the Caldor Fire near Lake Tahoe to study the fire's smoke.
Friday, September 03, 2021
UCI Physical Sciences Communications
Ph.D. student Audrey Odwuor, along with UCI Department of Earth System Science Professor Claudia Czimczik, is sampling the smoke billowing from the Caldor Fire in Lake Tahoe with a filter like this one.
Picture Credit:
Lucas Joel
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