In January, one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history ravaged several neighborhoods in Los Angeles County, including Pacific Palisades and Altadena. The immediate toll was staggering: at least 30 lives lost , more than 200,000 people evacuated, and more than 18,000 homes and structures destroyed. Moreover, a recent study estimated the fires were linked to more than 440 excess deaths in the region.

Yet even these numbers don’t capture the full extent of the damage. The disaster’s effects on our brains are only beginning to emerge.

As coordinators of the Neuro Climate Working Group , an international consortium dedicated to studying and addressing the impact of climate change on brain health, we have been working for years with our members to understand and document the neuro

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