Tropospheric Composition Program News Today

Washington DC (SPX) Oct 31, 2023 - It was a hazy August day on Chicagos South Side, and Nedra Sims Fears was hosting a small gathering to talk about the air. Interstate-94, which bisects her Chatham neighborhood, hummed nearby.

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 28, 2023 - This summer, as wildfire smoke blankets large swaths of North America and heat-stoked summer haze reaches its seasonal peak, NASA and its partners are deploying several new tools to observe air qual

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 28, 2023 - This summer, as wildfire smoke blankets large swaths of North America and heat-stoked summer haze reaches its seasonal peak, NASA and its partners are deploying several new tools to observe air qual

Katrina MillerWhen meteorologist John Haynes moved to Washington, DC, 20 years ago, he could stand on the rooftop of NASA headquarters and see airborne

Wildfire smoke may carry ‘mind-bending’ amounts of fungi and bacteria, scientists say By Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times Published: February 8, 2021, 6:01am Share: Sep 11, 2020; Yachats, OR, USA; An onshore breeze with fog begins to push away wildfire smoke inland at the Heceta Head Lighthouse won the Oregon coast. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher/The Register-Guard via USA TODAY NETWORK When wildfires roar through a forest and bulldozers dig into the earth to stop advan...

When wildfires roar through a forest and bulldozers dig into the earth to stop advancing flames, they may be churning more into the air than just clouds of dust and smoke, scientists say. Those dark, billowing plumes of smoke that rise on waves of heat during the day and sink into valleys as the night air cools may be transporting countless living microbes that can seep into our lungs or cling to our skin and clothing, according to research published recently in Science. In some cases, research...