Ascherson’s Edinburgh is a city in the grip of multiple elites – church, law, academia and a newly buoyant banking sector – without a common purpose, creating ‘a humus for hypocrisy’.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/mar/19/from-the-observer-archive-a-cold-hard-look-at-edinburgh-1986

Smoldering humus fires that can burn deep underground produce a lot of smoke, resulting in higher carbon monoxide emissions, says Jack Chen of Canada's environment ministry.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/canada-wildfire-smoke-chokes-millions-in-north-america1