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Air Quality Has Been Horrible This Year — and it’s Not Just Because of Wildfire Smoke

Much of the United States has experienced horrible air quality this year due to the Canadian wildfires. It’s not only particles from smoke creating pollution, but new research shows there’s also an invisible pollution problem causing health concerns: Ozone.   When ozone is up in the atmosphere, it filters out the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays. When it […]

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NOAA, NASA Spearheading Massive Air Quality Research Campaign This Summer

Scientists from NOAA, NASA and 21 universities from three countries are deploying state-of-the-art instruments in multiple, coordinated research campaigns this month to investigate how air pollution sources have shifted over recent decades.   Since the 1970s, U.S. scientists and environmental regulators made significant strides in reducing air pollution by cleaning up tailpipe and smokestack emissions. Yet levels of […]

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