/ Biomass Content for swagÍâÁ÷ en /climate/news/researchers-examine-good-and-bad-uses-biomass-california A swagÍâÁ÷ study examines the good and bad uses of biomass and the best pathways to meet California’s goal of slashing carbon dioxide emissions by 2045. October 11, 2023 - 11:00am Emily C Dooley /climate/news/researchers-examine-good-and-bad-uses-biomass-california /climate/news/older-wildfire-smoke-plumes-can-affect-climate <p><span><span>Aerosols carried in wildfire smoke plumes that are hundreds of hours old can still affect climate, according to a <a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.1c07301">study</a> out of the University of California, Davis. </span></span></p> <p><span><span>The research, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, suggests that wildfire emissions even 10 days old can affect the properties of aerosols — suspended liquid or particles that are key to cloud formation. </span></span></p> March 23, 2022 - 11:45am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/older-wildfire-smoke-plumes-can-affect-climate