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Photo of skyscrapers along a waterfront
Posted inNews

Even at the Bottom of the World, the Ocean Is Belching Plastic

by Bill Morris 17 January 202331 January 2023

Plastic fills the air above Auckland, New Zealand.

Diagram showing the global mean full-cycle methane budget.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A Significant Advancement in Modeling the Global Methane Cycle

by Jiwen Fan 8 September 202213 March 2023

The capability to fully model the global methane cycle advances the international climate science community’s ability of providing essential evidence to underpin climate mitigation policy.

Fiona Lo presenting her Ph.D. thesis at the American Meteorological Society annual conference.
Posted inFeatures

Fiona Lo: A “Really Long, Convoluted Path” to Health

by Richard J. Sima 25 July 20227 February 2023

Lo uses her background in atmospheric sciences to forecast pollen concentrations.

Figure 3 from the paper, showing a photograph of a tree, a satellite image, and a graph showing the impacts of different types of trees on temperature.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Community Scientists Help to Beat the Heat

by Gabriel Filippelli 25 July 202225 July 2022

As cities face health threats from heat and air pollution—both expected to worsen from climate change—researchers pilot a community scientist effort to map air quality and improve urban health.

A room in a home filled with atmospheric research equipment, including three gas cylinders that are connected to a mass spectrometer.
Posted inNews

Crowdsourced Science Helps Monitor Air Quality in Smoke-Damaged Homes

by Fionna M. D. Samuels 23 February 202231 May 2022

Researchers collaborate with residents to measure airborne chemicals in homes and evaluate how clean the air really is after remediation from Colorado’s Marshall Fire.

Field of dead and burned trees in the San Bernardino National Forest. Researcher Fabiola Pulido-Chavez stands among them with her back turned toward the camera.
Posted inNews

Wildfires May Alter the Nitrogen Cycle—and Air Pollution

by Krystal Vasquez 16 December 20217 July 2022

Research indicates that wildfires could be bolstering soil emissions of air pollutants that contribute to smog and climate change.

Deciduous forests, like the one pictured here, are important sinks of ozone.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Examining the Intricacies of Ozone Removal by Deciduous Forests

by Aaron Sidder 9 August 20218 February 2023

A new study looks into how air movement in the atmospheric boundary layer affects ozone removal by deciduous forests, which are a significant ozone sink.

A power planet in the U.S. Appalachian basin in August 2016
Posted inOpinions

Affordable Clean Energy Rule Threatens Progress of Clean Air Act

by S. Benish and M. Fiffer 18 November 202021 December 2022

The scientific community must act to minimize the adverse air quality and health impacts of relaxed EPA regulation.

Photograph of abandoned domestic refrigerators
Posted inEditors' Vox

Halocarbons: What Are They and Why Are They Important?

by Ø. Hodnebrog, K. P. Shine and T. J. Wallington 16 September 202013 February 2023

CFCs and other halocarbons have long been known for causing an ozone hole over the Antarctic, but many of them are also powerful greenhouse gases.

Skewered meat and vegetables on a barbecue
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Niveles Altos de Contaminación en Chile se Relacionan Con Parrilladas de Hinchas del Fútbol

by Katherine Kornei 8 July 202030 November 2022

Misteriosos picos de contaminación—10 veces más altos que los niveles normales—ocurren en Santiago durante los partidos de fútbol televisados y son causados por decenas de miles de parrilladas, revelan nuevos resultados.

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