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A sand dune on the shores of Lake Michigan on a sunny day.
Posted inNews

Forever Chemicals Are Raining Down on the Great Lakes

by Grace van Deelen 3 June 2024

PFAS levels are growing in some of the Great Lakes, and precipitation is a big contributor.

Emissions rise from smokestacks in the distance, beyond trees silhouetted by low sunlight.
Posted inScience Updates

An Air Quality Model That Is Evolving with the Times

by Min Huang, Gregory Carmichael and Kevin Bowman 28 May 202428 May 2024

The pioneering Sulfur Transport and Deposition Model, initially designed to simulate atmospheric sulfur, continues to find new applications and value in environmental science and policymaking.

World map from the paper.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A Powerful New Model for U.S. Climate–Air Quality Interactions

by Jiwen Fan 10 May 202410 May 2024

NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory has developed a new variable-resolution global chemistry-climate model for research at the nexus of U.S. climate and air quality extremes.

On 30 December 2021, a grass fire sparked outside Boulder, Colo.
Posted inFeatures

When Fieldwork Comes Home

by Grace van Deelen 25 April 202425 April 2024

The impacts of the 2021 Marshall Fire rippled through a community of Colorado geoscientists, spurring them to action.

Ocean waves crash, releasing water droplets into the air.
Posted inNews

Ocean Waves Mist Decades-Old PFAS into the Atmosphere

by Grace van Deelen 22 April 202422 April 2024

“Forever chemicals” enter the air as sea spray aerosols, polluting coastlines and beyond.

A view of Hollywood, Calif., from above on a smoggy, rainy day.
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Air Pollution Has Masked Climate Change’s Influence on U.S. Rainfall

by Katherine Bourzac 2 April 20242 April 2024

A study suggests that high levels of aerosol pollution have offset higher precipitation levels caused by a warming climate.

Photo of a dust storm hitting a home in an arid region.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A Dust-Up Over Dust Measurements

by Gabriel Filippelli 29 January 202425 January 2024

Dust has significant impacts on the environment, climate, air quality, and human health, yet dust events are underestimated and therefore do not receive the level of attention necessary.

A city street with buildings in the background barely visible through smog.
Posted inNews

India’s Disadvantaged Groups Face More Air Pollution

by Deepa Padmanaban 3 January 20243 January 2024

A new study investigates disparities in air pollution exposure across different socially disadvantaged groups in India.

A neighborhood covered in thick, orange smoke.
Posted inEditors' Vox

The Connections Between Landscape Fires and Your Health

by Nancy French, Tatiana Loboda and Robin Puett 20 December 202322 January 2024

A transdisciplinary reference guide to investigating relationships between biomass burning during landscape fires, the smoke it creates, and the impacts on human health and well-being.

Thick, yellow-tinted smoke rises from a fire burning trees on a hillside beyond a couple of structures and a fire truck.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Wildfires and Weather Affect Portugal’s Public Health

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 12 October 20237 November 2024

Researchers dug into data to examine the effects of wildfires, pollutants, and meteorological factors on mortality and cardiovascular health in the Iberian country.

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