Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Half of the particulate pollution in North America comes from other continents

ScienceDaily: Roughly half the aerosols that affect air quality and climate change in North America may be coming from other continents, including Asia, Africa and Europe, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland, College Park, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, University of Maryland at Baltimore County and the Universities Space Research Association. Atmospheric particles can travel thousands of miles downwind and impact the environment in other regions, found lead researcher Hongbin...

URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120822190732.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29
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