FT. COLLINS, Colo. -- Smoke from wildfires burning across the state is visible along the Front Range and it could be affecting your health. A team of CSU researchers is launching a new project to study the impact.
They will take samples by flying a plane straight into the smoke. The $3.8 million study attempts to better understand the composition of the smoke and how much it matters to air quality.
Instruments are currently being loaded onto the C-130 aircraft and sampling will begin in late July. The smoke sampling will last for six weeks. One of the lead researchers on the project said they are essentially building a chemistry lab on a plane.
