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Scientists Show Connection Between Gas Flaring and Arctic Pollution

Waste natural gas from industrial oil and gas fields could be a source of nitrogen dioxide and black carbon pollution, according to new research.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Scientists Show Connection Between Gas Flaring and Arctic Pollution.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using OMI data provided courtesy of the Aura OMI science team, and VIIRS day-night band from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership Earth Observation Group. Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Ellen Gray, Earth Science News Team, with Mike Carlowicz.

Published April 27, 2016
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Sources:: Aura > OMI; Suomi NPP > VIIRS

Collection:: Earth at Night