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Josie Garthwaite

  • Communications Director, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
San Francisco
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Prescribed fires can cut smoke pollution for years, miles beyond burn areas

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By Josie Garthwaite
| PreventionWeb
12 June 2026 Author(s): Josie Garthwaite In brief Analysis of 20 years of smoke and fire data across California shows low-severity fire immediately cuts the risk of very severe wildfire in the same location by 92%, with benefits extending miles beyond burned areas. Expanding use of prescribed fire in California’s conifer forests to 500,000 acres per year could reduce dangerous fine particle pollution from smoke by about 10% over a decade and as much as 20-25% in the most active fire years.
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Atlantic bluefin's comeback reveals an ocean-spanning mix that could upend how this iconic fish is managed

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By Josie Garthwaite, Lisa Lock, Robert Egan Verified
| Science X Verified
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: fact-checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread Researchers Steve Wilson and Robert Schallert tagging an Atlantic bluefin tuna off Nova Scotia.
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New research shows path to affordable water in fast-growing cities

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By Josie Garthwaite
| MSN Verified
By 2050, up to half the world's urban population will face water scarcity. A new model of water supply, demand, and policies in a drought-prone city of 7 million in India shows how policies could prevent the poor from bearing the heaviest burden. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. When multi-year droughts hit Pune, India, in the coming decades, water access for millions of people in this rapidly growing city will depend on choices made today.
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