An intersection destroyed by fire in Oregon on September 15.

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They have crossed continents.

Aerosols from the fires ravaging California were observed this Thursday in France, confirms to

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Jean-Baptiste Renard, research director at CNRS.

The researcher and his team have identified carbon between five and eight kilometers above sea level.

"It is absolutely obvious, the optical signature is truly final," explains Jean-Baptiste Renard.

This was carried by the middle and upper layers of the troposphere.

»The levels observed are insignificant.

"It's diluted," adds the scientist.

If it fell to the ground, it wouldn't be worrying.

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The European Copernicus atmospheric monitoring service announced on Wednesday that smoke was starting to cross the Atlantic.

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