• About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Science Policy Tracker
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
  • AGU.org
  • Career Center
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
  • About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Science Policy Tracker
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
Skip to content
  • AGU.org
  • Career Center
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
Eos

Eos

Science News by AGU

Support Eos
Sign Up for Newsletter
  • About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Science Policy Tracker
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos

air pollution

Photos from the study
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Collaboration Helps Overcome Challenges in Air Quality Monitoring

by Muki Haklay 19 April 20237 June 2023

Everything looks ideal for collaboration: interest from community members, a new method for monitoring air quality by scientists, and interest from policymakers. What happens next?

Map showing sample locations and a photo of an oil platform in the ocean.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Remote Sensors See NO2 ‘Hot Spots’ from Offshore Oil Activity

by Jonathan H. Jiang 23 March 202321 March 2023

Satellites can see NO2 pollution from space, but can they detect individual oil and natural gas operations, and are the measurements accurate?

An image of a brown haze above a blue ocean
Posted inNews

Climate Models Aren’t Dusty Enough

Jon Kelvey, Science Writer by Jon Kelvey 20 March 202320 March 2023

Mineral dust aloft in the atmosphere has a cooling effect not accounted for in current climate models.

The skyline of San Francisco, shrouded by clouds and smog, sits against a pastel blue and orange background.
Posted inNews

“Revolutionary” Instrument to Watch North American Skies

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 17 March 202317 March 2023

TEMPO, scheduled for launch this April, will monitor ozone and other pollutants during hourly daytime scans, providing data for better air quality forecasts and atmospheric models.

Satellite image of tan whisps of clouds over green land. There is brown land to the right and blue ocean to the left.
Posted inNews

Extreme Wildfires Make Their Own Weather

by Elise Cutts 8 March 202313 March 2023

Extreme fires in the western United States and Southeast Asia influenced the local weather in ways that make fires and smoke pollution worse.

Personas sentadas en un auditorio, frente a un escenario.
Posted inFeatures

Estableciendo el marco para la acción climática bajo el Protocolo de Montreal

by Stephen O. Andersen, Marco Gonzalez and Nancy J. Sherman 1 March 20233 June 2024

Doce artículos fueron la base científica para la rápida acción que reforzó el tratado, el cual ya estaba salvaguardando el ozono estratosférico, para que también protegiera el clima al reducir los super contaminantes.

The silhouette of a power plant emitting a billowing smoke cloud against a sunset background
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Global Health Benefits of Going Net Zero

by Kirsten Steinke 14 February 202316 April 2024

Climate change mitigation plans would also reduce air pollution. That could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the coming decades.

Claude Monet’s painting Houses of Parliament, Sunlight in the Fog (1904).
Posted inNews

¿Estaban los maestros impresionistas retratando una realidad contaminada?

by James Dacey 3 February 202322 March 2023

Análisis de imágenes sugiere que el estilo de los artistas evolucionó en sincronía con el incremento de la contaminación en el aire durante la Revolución Industrial.

View of Seattle through a layer of wildfire smoke
Posted inNews

Potentially Good News for Solar Energy During Wildfires

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 18 January 202318 January 2023

A preliminary analysis suggests that the impact of smoke blocking the Sun during 2020’s megafires was minimal for the nation’s solar panels.

Claude Monet’s painting Houses of Parliament, Sunlight in the Fog (1904).
Posted inNews

Were Impressionist Masters Painting a Polluted Reality?

by James Dacey 12 December 202222 March 2023

Image analysis suggests that artists’ styles evolved in sync with increasing air pollution during the Industrial Revolution.

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 17 Older posts
A view of a Washington, D.C., skyline from the Potomac River at night. The Lincoln Memorial (at left) and the Washington Monument (at right) are lit against a purple sky. Over the water of the Potomac appear the text “#AGU24 coverage from Eos.”

Features from AGU Publications

Research Spotlights

Webb Telescope Spies Io’s Volcanic Activity and Sulfurous Atmosphere

4 November 20254 November 2025
Editors' Highlights

Space Weather Monitoring from Commercial Satellite Mega-Constellations

4 November 20253 November 2025
Editors' Vox

Publishing Participatory Science: The Community Science Exchange

20 October 202517 October 2025
Eos logo at left; AGU logo at right

About Eos
ENGAGE
Awards
Contact

Advertise
Submit
Career Center
Sitemap

© 2025 American Geophysical Union. All rights reserved Powered by Newspack