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Natural Nitrogen Emissions Are Rising in California

by Nathaniel Scharping 13 October 202313 October 2023

Wildfires and soil microbes are releasing more nitrogen oxides in California as the climate gets warmer and drier.

A black plume of smoke behind two single-family homes
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Some Chemicals Lingered for Weeks After Ohio Train Derailment

by Elise Cutts 23 August 202323 August 2023

Researchers drove around a van outfitted with a sensitive mass spectrometer to measure airborne chemicals weeks after the disaster.

A photo of city buildings at dusk with cars driving by. The air is hazy.
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Air Pollution Increases COVID-19 Risks

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 2 August 20232 August 2023

A crop of new studies shows that exposure to air pollution adds days to hospital stays and increases the likelihood of death from COVID-19.

Una imagen de satélite de una masa continental con parches cafés y verdes. Al centro hay una nube de humo con una línea naranja brillante.
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La tercera es la vencida para el Fagradalsfjall de Islandia

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 28 July 20234 August 2023

La región volcánica que hizo erupción en 2021 y 2022 después de más de 7 siglos de estar dormida, lo está haciendo de nuevo.

A satellite image of a light brown landmass with patches of green. In the center is a cloud of smoke with a bright orange streak.
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Third Time’s the Charm for Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 19 July 202331 July 2023

The volcanic region, which erupted in both 2021 and 2022 after more than 7 centuries of dormancy, is at it again.

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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.
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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?

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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.
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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.

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

Richard Sima, freelance science writer by Richard J. Sima 25 July 20227 February 2023

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

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