i question whether there are any scientists involved...see posts just above....
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John from CA says:
I agree with Warren in Minnesota!
Why is PNNL using my tax dollars to rant on World Affairs and what does this have to do with “solutions to America’s most intractable problems in energy, the environment and national security”?
Unless I’m missing something, this is a regional Asia and India problem to solve. The particulate matter “soot” is Not coming from the USA; see the link to the map below.
“Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is a Department of Energy Office of Science national laboratory where interdisciplinary teams advance science and technology and deliver solutions to America’s most intractable problems in energy, the environment and national security. PNNL employs 4,900 staff, has an annual budget of nearly $1.1 billion, and has been managed by Ohio-based Battelle since the lab’s inception in 1965.”
New Map Offers a Global View of Health-Sapping Air Pollution
source: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/health-sapping.html
“Their map, which shows the average PM2.5 results between 2001 and 2006, offers the most comprehensive view of the health-sapping particles to date. Though the new blending technique has not necessarily produced more accurate pollution measurements over developed regions that have well-established surface-based monitoring networks, it has provided the first PM2.5 satellite estimates in a number of developing countries that have had no estimates of air pollution levels until now.”
“The map shows very high levels of PM2.5 in a broad swath stretching from the Saharan Desert in Northern Africa to Eastern Asia. When compared with maps of population density, it suggests more than 80 percent of the world’s population breathe polluted air that exceeds the World Health Organization’s recommended level of 10 micrograms per cubic meter. Levels of PM2.5 are comparatively low in the United States, though noticeable pockets are clearly visible over urban areas in the Midwest and East.”