Study Traces Ammonia Pollution in Africa

Scientists used satellites to parse where and how agriculture is changing atmospheric concentrations of the chemical.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data courtesy of Hickman, J. E., et al. (2021). Story by Alison Gold, NASA Earth Science News Team, with Mike Carlowicz.

Published November 17, 2021
Data acquired 2008 - 2018

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Aqua > MODIS

EUMETSAT > Metop-A

Terra > MODIS

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Applied Sciences