Air pollution far more severe than what’s common today used to plague many American towns and cities.
Published Sep 2, 2014
Wildfires and agricultural burning have produced thick haze for the past month.
Published Apr 12, 2019
Air pollution is less common in southern China, but Guangdong province can still get pretty hazy.
Published Jan 23, 2018
Thick haze hung over northern India in the latter part of October 2014.
Published Oct 30, 2014
Simulations of air pollution from the GOCART model help show how much skies have cleared over Europe and North America even as they have darkened over Asia in the last decade.
Published Aug 19, 2014
Winds carried thick plumes of smoke and pollution across the United States and Canada.
Published Aug 16, 2018
NASA’s Aura satellite observes nitrogen dioxide hovering over many cities in the region, trapped by winter weather conditions.
Published Jan 18, 2013
A collaborative field study seeks to advance NASA’s ability to monitor air quality from space.
Published Mar 2, 2016
An unusual amount of smoke from wildfires has spread across hundreds of miles.
Published Aug 20, 2020
Smog and haze-filled clouds blanketed Beijing and other parts of China.
Published Jan 15, 2013Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Dust and Haze Human Presence
An outbreak of severe pollution prompted officials in Paris to bar half of all vehicles from the roads.
Published Mar 18, 2014
The Sichuan Basin’s bowl-shaped topography helps trap air pollution.
Published Jan 26, 2014
Haze, clouds, and fog mingled in China’s Sichuan Basin on December 24, 2014.
Published Dec 26, 2014
The skies over northern India are some of the haziest—but also most variable—in the world.
Published Nov 14, 2014
December 2013 brought thick haze that stretched from Beijing to Shanghai.
Published Dec 10, 2013
Beijing suffers from severe air pollution. The air quality in Beijing is determined by its geography, weather conditions, and anthropogenic emissions.
Published Apr 22, 2009
A combination of dust and air pollution hovered over much of the coastal plain.
Published Dec 12, 2012
Acquired in early November 2011, this natural-color image shows the intermittent haze that has hovered over eastern China for weeks.
Published Nov 11, 2011
