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The smog crisis is worse in winter, when cold, denser air traps pollutants closer to the ground.

An issue dividing some California members has been housing, and whether the Sierra Club — long seen by many as anti-development — needs to push for denser housing in urban areas, in part because it can shorten commutes and reduce pollution.

Angiosperms, or flowering plants, grew back faster and denser than the previously ubiquitous conifer relatives had been.

Other Forest Service scientists are reporting that denser forests tend to burn less intensely in wildfires because of their shadier and cooler microclimate, while “thinned forests have more open conditions, which are associated with higher temperatures, lower relative humidity, higher wind speeds, and increasing fire intensity.”

He has resisted efforts to amend zoning rules for certain neighborhoods to allow for denser housing.