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NSF NCAR Scientists Participate in Mission to Measure Air Quality Over Asia
NASA-led ASIA-AQ campaign will help verify and interpret new satellite observations
Air Quality from Space
Did you know that satellites in space can track air pollution and greenhouse gases on Earth? For the past two centuries, human activity has changed the chemical makeup of our atmosphere, leading scientists to rename this period the ‘anthropogenic epoch’.
NCAR researchers find alarming pollution in Africa
That smartphone you use, the electric vehicle you drive and your laptop all rely on lithium-ion batteries.
The material inside those batteries is cobalt, much of which is mined in Africa. New research out of Boulder suggests that mining for cobalt is also polluting parts of Africa.