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Particulate Matter News

Articles, resources, and announcements about particulate matter.

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A man walks through the Acropolis while smoke plumes billow from a forest fire near Athens on July 25, 2007.

Smoke over Athens

The effects of forest fires show up in a multi-satellite view of pollution.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

Prayer flags frame Ama Dablam Peak in the Nepalese Himalaya.

Himalaya's Heat Pump

Polluted air over Asia is changing patterns in remote mountain ranges.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

This angiogram, an X-ray technique using an injected dye, reveals a healthy human heart.

Heart Disease is in the Air

The air you breathe could be harming your heart.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

Retirees perform tai chi during a smoggy day in Fuyang, China in January 2013.

Crazy Bad Air

Open sharing of pollution data helps Chinese netizens brave the politics of murky air.

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

The photograph shows air pollution in New York City.

On the Trail of Global Pollution Drift

Scientists use NASA's Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) to study drifting pollution and its sources.

Feature Article

July 23, 2020

This photograph shows the smoke plume from the World Trade Center collapse drifting over New York City and New Jersey on the morning of September 11, 2001.

Following the World Trade Center Plume

Remote sensing helps track the drift of harmful pollutants following the World Trade Center collapse.

Feature Article

July 22, 2020

Haze over Eastern China - feature page

Haze over Eastern China

Image captured on 7 December 2015 by the MODIS instrument, aboard the Aqua satellite.

Worldview Image of the Week

Feb. 28, 2020

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