How Wildfire Will Impact California’s Environment for Years to Come

This is climate change in motion

A backpacker walking through a tunnel tree sequoia in Yosemite National Park in California. Photo: Artur Debat/Moment/Getty Images

As I write this from my Mission District art studio, the omnipresent smell of a campfire permeating each square inch of the modest space, I fret about the health of my lungs. But even more so, I worry about the well-being of our planet.