Model simulations track the movement of black soot pollution over the Tibetan Plateau from August–November 2009. This image shows haze on September 26, 2009.
Published Dec 15, 2009
Since 2003, the number of November crop fires in northern India has increased significantly.
Published Nov 2, 2018
Satellite data show that aerosol levels have dropped significantly since the COVID-19 lockdown began.
Published Apr 20, 2020Image of the Day Atmosphere Dust and Haze Human Presence Remote Sensing
Waste natural gas from industrial oil and gas fields could be a source of nitrogen dioxide and black carbon pollution, according to new research.
Published Apr 27, 2016
Crop fires have cast a pall of smoke over the state of Punjab.
Published Nov 5, 2016
As is often the case in the winter, haze hovered over the Indo-Gangetic Plain in January 2016, darkening skies over northern India and Bangladesh.
Published Jan 5, 2016
Thick haze hung over northern India in the latter part of October 2014.
Published Oct 30, 2014
Thick haze hung over northern India and Bangladesh in January 2013. Over the past decade, large cities in India have seen some of the world's fastest-rising levels of air pollution.
Published Jan 12, 2013
The high carbon monoxide concentrations shown in this satellite-based map reflect the poor air quality seen in the central and eastern United States on June 8, 2011.
Published Jun 10, 2011
