Change in the Air

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.

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NASA Earth Observatory map by Robert Simmon, based on data from the Goddard Chemistry Aerosol Radiation and Transport (GOCART) model. Caption by Adam Voiland, with information from Mian Chin.

Published August 19, 2014
Data acquired January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2009

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