New satellite images reveal the troubling reality of how far pollution can travel: 'Crucial data that we need to help us'
"It's clear that pollution emitted in one place can impact communities thousands of miles away."
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"It's clear that pollution emitted in one place can impact communities thousands of miles away."
NASA's TEMPO can also track ozone, aerosols, sulfur dioxide and formaldehyde. This can help scientists track air impacts from cars, oil refineries and wildfires.
In the air, on land and in the sea, the Smithsonian is building new tools for resilient ecosystems—innovative approaches and technologies that will provide knowledge and open up avenues to understand and protect our planet.
A satellite-mounted instrument developed at the Center for Astrophysics will track air pollution hourly across North America.
Caroline Nowlan has spent a decade working on a machine that she's only seen once, through a window. The New Brunswick-born researcher is a member of the team behind a technology focused on air quality.