Just 10 minutes a week: That's all it takes for volunteers to help scientists like Olivia Sanderfoot, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles, understand how birds respond to wildfire smoke...Project Phoenix, a joint initiative of UCLA and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, led by Sanderfoot.
Birds' lungs are more sensitive to toxic gases and particle pollution than humans' are. They're sometimes enlisted as early indicators of poor air quality...Little is known about the specific effects of wildfire smoke and its fine particulates on bird health and behavior.
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