As people in Los Angeles went through the day on January 6, 2025, NASA’s TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution) sensor performed hourly east-to-west scans of North America.
Unhealthy Skies over Los Angeles County
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Researcher Studies the Power of Native Plants to Combat Road Salt Pollution
Salt pollution in freshwater is a growing global concern.
Technology for Oxidizing Atmospheric Methane Won’t Help the Climate
As the atmosphere continues to fill with greenhouse gases from human activities, many proposals have surfaced to “geoengineer” climate-saving solutions, that is, alter the atmosphere at a global scale to either reduce the concentrations of carbon or mute its warming effect.
From Lab to Field: CABBI Pipeline Delivers Oil-Rich Sorghum
Researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) have developed a new sorghum variant that can outperform soybeans in oil production, with great potential as a clean source of renewable fuel.
Thawing Permafrost Threatens up to Three Million People in Arctic Regions
First comprehensive pan-Arctic study of social impacts of thawing permafrost soils.
Polymer Editing Can Upcycle Waste into Higher-Performance Plastics
By editing the polymers of discarded plastics, chemists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a way to generate new macromolecules with more valuable properties than those of the starting material.
