Tracking pollution from outer space: Team uses NASA satellites to measure pollution hovering over world's megacities
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 08:31
in Astronomy & Space
A researcher in Israel is turning to three of NASA's high-tech satellites for a comprehensive view of pollutants in the atmosphere. Using eight years' worth of data collected by the satellites, he tracked pollution trends for 189 megacities -- metropolitan hotspots where the population exceeds 2 million.