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NASA unveiled its first images taken with new pollution mapping instruments. The Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution, or TEMPO, launched in April from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, and it ...

PurpleAir sensors provide real-time air quality data for the tool. A new tool offers a window into some of the invisible polluting particles that can make it harder to breathe — and where they are ...

In the mountains of central Idaho, a hiker reclines in his tent with his head exposed to the crisp night air. Above him, the sky is saturated with stars—dense, brilliant, and sharply defined. For ...

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Air quality continues to be an issue in the U.S. this summer as wildfires in Canada run ablaze. According to the National Weather Service, air quality alerts remain in effect across the Midwest and ...

TRACKING TEMPERATURES AND AIR QUALITY, AND TEMPERATURES ARE UP A FEW DEGREES COMPARED TO THIS TIME YESTERDAY. SO WE’RE AT 101 AT EXECUTIVE AIRPORT IN SACRAMENTO, 103 IN STOCKTON, 100 IN FAIRFIELD, ...

The California Air Resources Board has launched the Statewide Mobile Monitoring Initiative, awarding $27 million to map and assess air quality and greenhouse gas emissions. The project, funded through ...

A new online mapping tool introduced Monday allows New Jerseyans who live in neighborhoods with low-income households or a sizable minority population to see how pollution — from smog levels to ...