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Seeing the Parts for the Whole
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Published December 18, 2019
Across two decades, the Terra satellite has been a great leap for Earth system science, observing how different spheres fit together as a whole.
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Fires Put a Carbon Monoxide Cloud over Indonesia
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Published December 11, 2015
In September 2015, fires in Indonesia produced prodigious amounts of carbon monoxide.
Fourteen Years of Carbon Monoxide from MOPITT
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Published June 2, 2015
Concentrations of the gas, which is produced by burning carbon-based fuels, have decreased since 2000.
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Carbon Monoxide Pollution over the United States and Canada
Published June 10, 2011
The high carbon monoxide concentrations shown in this satellite-based map reflect the poor air quality seen in the central and eastern United States on June 8, 2011.
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Carbon Monoxide over Western Russia
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Published August 11, 2010
This image, made with data from the Terra satellite, shows high levels of carbon monoxide over western Russia during the first week of August 2010.
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Smoke from Fires in Canada
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Published August 9, 2010
This data visualization shows high levels of carbon monoxide spreading east from Central Canada, where large fires burned throughout July 2010.
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Carbon Monoxide Levels Trace Spread of Smoke Across Canada
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Published July 9, 2010
This map shows concentrations of carbon monoxide—one component of smoke—from June 23–28 across Canada and the northern United States.
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Smoke over the U.S. from Spring Burning
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Published May 29, 2010
Elevated concentrations of carbon monoxide trace the transport of smoke from agricultural fires across Mexico, southern Canada, and the U.S. Great Plains and New England.
Smoke from Fires in Russia and Alaska
Published August 1, 2009
The highest concentrations of carbon monoxide, a component of smoke, are centered over large fire complexes in Russia in this image that tracks smoke transport across the Arctic.
Beijing Restrictions Reduce Pollution
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Published December 17, 2008
Measures taken by Chinese officials to improve Beijing’s air quality during the 2008 summer Olympic games dramatically cut concentrations of two major pollutants, say NASA researchers.
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Carbon Monoxide over Africa
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Published September 3, 2008
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Carbon Monoxide from Central African Fires
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Published June 18, 2008
Fire is integral to life in much of Africa. As predictable as the rainy and dry seasons, fire sweeps across the continent in a wave that moves north to south following the seasons. In early June, Africa’s fires were concentrated in central Africa. Lightning-ignited fire is part of the natural ecology, but for thousands of years it has also been a tool used by mankind to clear land for new growth, return nutrients to the soil, make charcoal for cooking and fuel, clear debris, and hunt. It is primarily human activity that leads to intense burning in a region during the fire season.
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Haze over Eastern China
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Published October 25, 2007
The conspicuous haze over China in mid- to late October 2007 not only obscured the view of the land surface. It also contained substances harder to detect but just as troublesome. Odorless, colorless, and toxic, carbon monoxide can be lethal in large amounts. Additionally, it acts as a precursor to smog and ground-level ozone.
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Fires and Thick Smoke over South America
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Published October 2, 2007
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Haze over China
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Published March 30, 2007
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Humans, El Nino Conspire to Boost Carbon Monoxide Levels
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Published March 2, 2007
Who is responsible when smoke fills the sky? Do people who set agricultural fires deserve the blame, or are natural cycles the real culprit? The correct answer may be “yes.” In the case of wildfires in Indonesia, human activity and natural cycles likely conspire to create devastating fire seasons.
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Carbon Monoxide over Borneo and Sumatra
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Published November 11, 2006
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Haze over the Eastern United States
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Published August 11, 2006
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Carbon Monoxide over Eastern Russia
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Published August 1, 2006
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Carbon Monoxide from Canadian Fires
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Published July 10, 2006
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