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First Global Carbon Monoxide (Air Pollution) Measurements: Image of the Day (2000)

2000 · Short film

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NASA's terra.nasa.gov Terra spacecraft has assembled the most complete view ever of the world's air pollution traveling through the atmosphere, across continents and oceans. For the first time, policymakers and scientists now have a way to identify the major sources of air pollution and to closely track where the pollution goes, anywhere on Earth. The false colors in these images represent levels of carbon monoxide in the lower atmosphere, ranging from about 390 parts per billion (dark brown…

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