Global Air Pollution, From Above

neutron_p writes "Based on satellite observations, the high-resolution global atmospheric map of nitrogen dioxide pollution makes clear just how human activities impact air quality. I'm a bit surprised not to see that many red blobs above US and the strange one is on the east of Russia."

Red blob

[Hatta]

I'm a bit surprised not to see that many red blobs above US and the strange one is on the east of Russia.

That's the "Red menace", we've known about that since the '50s

That blob...

[drivers]

on the east side of Russian is called "China."

Dihydrogen Monoxide is at fault

[Ucklak]

I didn't see anything in the article about DHMO.

I'm sure that DHMO has something to with this since it is far worse for the environment.

Re:That blob...

[pbox]

Well, the red blob IS in china. It is the triangle roughly between Beijing, North Korea and Hanzhou, The northern industrial region in China.

I guess the blurb was written by someone attending geography classes in a US highschool...

Re:You're kidding, right?

[AKAImBatman]

The single biggest blot, other than the one over everybody's favorite red menace,

Am I the only one who gets a real kick out of this statement? :-D

Re:validity of the study

[theMerovingian]

(disclaimer: yes I am a prefessional geographer)


On the other hand, I am not a prefessional speller...

NO2 is not that good.. N2O is much better :)

[roman_mir]

Nitrogen dioxide should be harvested and converted to very very useful Nitrous Oxide, which is very very very hahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
jahahhahahaaaaaaaaaduuude it's funny :)

Re:Take note

[spuzzzzzzz]

I've always worried about the danity of the world. Does this have something to do with moving to the Netherlands?

Re:Take note - Blame Clinton for Kyoto

[PacoTaco]

All Bush did was react to the reality of the situation

Yep, that's definitely Bush's strong point.

Re:Take note

[Anonymous Coward]

So you think it would be normal for Lichtenstein to pollute as much as the US? One thing is obvious, common sense is not your strong point...

Anyway you can look at the "graph" however you wish, the US is the country which pollute the most.