DoomsdaysCW · @DoomsdaysCW
1380 followers · 18117 posts · Server kolektiva.social

NASA Maps Reveal Over Major Cities

by Adam Kovac, August 24, 2023

"NASA’s new space-based air pollution monitoring system has sent back its first maps, showing brings down air quality in several .

"The six maps were made from data from the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (), which launched in April. In scans taken over a six-hour period on August 2, high concentrations of , a toxic tied to car and emissions, can be seen hovering over , , and .

"While the location of shown in the maps isn’t surprising, the data is only the tip of the iceberg for TEMPO, the first space-based instrument designed to continuously monitor air quality over . TEMPO principal investigator Kelly Chance said there are currently 50 scientific studies under way that will make use of data generated by the program. The program will truly get underway in October when the instrument will begin transmitting hourly daytime scans."

msn.com/en-us/travel/news/nasa

#nitrogendioxide #pollutant #smokestack #newyork #losangeles #lasvegas #WashingtonDC #airpollution #northamerica #pollution #toxicemissions #toxic #emissions #us #cartraffic #majorcities #tempo

Last updated 1 year ago

OccuWorld · @OccuWorld
148 followers · 125 posts · Server hear-me.social

Air pollution linked to increased risk of non-lung cancers in older adults

news-medical.net/news/20230803

Chronic exposure to fine particulate air pollutants (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) may increase non-lung cancer risk in older adults, according to a study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

#toxic #exposure #pollutants #nitrogendioxide #cancer #risk #study #industry #deregulation #profit #death #capitalism #deathcult

Last updated 1 year ago

Peter Butler · @peterbutler
1881 followers · 2994 posts · Server mas.to

Regardless of politics, culture wars, and regulations, if you have a gas stove and can replace it or encourage your landlord to replace it, do it

We lived with a gas stove when my kids were 2-8. Every winter one of them would develop a cough that lasted at least a month. My oldest was diagnosed with cough variant asthma

After moving to a home with electric stove, respiratory problems disappeared. No asthma. My $0.02

nytimes.com/2023/05/30/climate

#nitrogendioxide #pollution #asthma #gasstoves

Last updated 1 year ago

Primo Natura · @primonatura
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O=C=O · @tuxom
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Air Pollution Linked To Low Birth Weight

people exposed to certain air are significantly more likely to give to lighter , a new study has found. The pollutants are PM2.5 and PM10 (terms referring to the miniature, incredibly inhalable size of the particles) and () – and the higher the levels of pollution, the stronger the link.

iflscience.com/air-pollution-l

#pregnant #pollutants #birth #babies #nitrogendioxide #no2 #airpollution #health

Last updated 2 years ago

Primo Natura · @primonatura
301 followers · 1621 posts · Server mstdn.social

"Cities in relatively prosperous countries are blighted by serious levels of air pollution from nitrogen dioxide, often without realising the extent of the problem, research has found."

theguardian.com/environment/20

#Pollution #airpollution #nitrogendioxide #nitrogen

Last updated 2 years ago

Khurram Wadee ✅ · @mkwadee
986 followers · 10873 posts · Server mastodon.org.uk