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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
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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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