'Hard on water:’ Smoke not the only long-range effect of wildfires

Smoke isn’t the only way wildfires affect people and places far from the flames.
Researchers are studying how blackened forests affect ecosystems and water quality far downstream just as hundreds of blazes in B.C. are darkening skies as far east as Manitoba.
Just as hundreds of blazes in B.C. are darkening skies as far east as Manitoba, researchers are studying how blackened forests affect ecosystems and water quality far downstream. University of Waterloo professor Monica Emelko examines