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Global Air Pollution, From Above

Posted by timothy on from the but-poverty-is-noble dept.

neutron_p writes "Based on satellite observations, the high-resolution global atmospheric map of nitrogen dioxide pollution makes clear just how human activities impact air quality. I'm a bit surprised not to see that many red blobs above US and the strange one is on the east of Russia."

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  1. Red blob by Hatta · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm a bit surprised not to see that many red blobs above US and the strange one is on the east of Russia.

    That's the "Red menace", we've known about that since the '50s

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  2. That blob... by drivers · · Score: 5, Funny

    on the east side of Russian is called "China."

  3. Re:validity of the study by theMerovingian · · Score: 3, Funny


    (disclaimer: yes I am a prefessional geographer)

    On the other hand, I am not a prefessional speller...

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  4. Re:Take note - Blame Clinton for Kyoto by PacoTaco · · Score: 3, Funny
    All Bush did was react to the reality of the situation

    Yep, that's definitely Bush's strong point.