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World's pollution hotspots revealed from space
NewScientist ^
| 2004-10-12
| NewScientist.com news service
Posted on 10/13/2004 12:12:46 PM PDT by Boundless
A global map of nitrogen dioxide in the atmosphere has revealed the most precise view yet of pollution hotspots around the world.
(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; kyoto; no2; pollution
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The article is silent on this, but click on the image and take a gander at China.
NewSci, not surprisingly, makes almost no comment about that, pretending to be distracted by the ability to detect shipping lanes by their NO2 signatures.
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posted on
10/13/2004 12:12:47 PM PDT
by
Boundless
To: Boundless
Which one is DNC Headquarters?
To: Boundless
That's very pretty with the bright blues and reds.
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posted on
10/13/2004 12:15:19 PM PDT
by
SittinYonder
(Tancredo and I wanna know what you believe)
To: Boundless
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posted on
10/13/2004 12:16:25 PM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(Burger-Eating War Monkey)
To: Semper Paratus
China, excluded from Kyoto.
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posted on
10/13/2004 12:18:53 PM PDT
by
Tarpon
To: Boundless
Just as I suspected: Bangkok, Singapore, Jakarta.
The nose knows.
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posted on
10/13/2004 12:20:18 PM PDT
by
angkor
To: Boundless
What the hell is going on down there in southern Africa? Looks to be around Mozambique.
Does Teresa still have a mansion down there? Maybe she left the windows open.
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posted on
10/13/2004 12:20:35 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: RhoTheta
Bump for later-- when I'm able to use something other than a text-only browser...
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posted on
10/13/2004 12:22:53 PM PDT
by
Egon
(If Kerry had been right about screwed-up returning vets, he wouldn't have lived to see 1975!)
To: dead
I thought the same thing....I knew China would look like a hemorrhage, Atlanta would pop and Mexico City would be there.
But South Africa?!?!
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posted on
10/13/2004 12:25:44 PM PDT
by
najida
(There is nothing friendlier than a wet dog, except for maybe a 100 pound wet dog.)
To: Boundless
Geez ....All the liberal strongholds are the biggest polluters.!!
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posted on
10/13/2004 12:26:13 PM PDT
by
tertiary01
(Kerry in the WhiteHouse means Arafat in the Lincoln Bedroom)
To: Constitution Day
Too bad they cut off Alaska. The oil fields show as hotspots because they flare excess natural gas. See the spot in the middle of Saudiland and around the Persian Gulf.
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posted on
10/13/2004 12:26:35 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
To: Boundless
Looks to me like the Kyoto accords should be re-written to harass China and nearby countries instead of the United States.
Nahhh...the Leftists would never go for that. In their eyes, China is a worker's utopia. (*gag* *retch* *puke*)
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posted on
10/13/2004 12:26:53 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(It is dangerous to be right when wicked is called 'good.')
To: Boundless
Is East Germany and Lombardy standing out in Europe?
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posted on
10/13/2004 12:27:00 PM PDT
by
Prost1
(Why isn't Berger in jail?)
To: dead
What the hell is going on down there in southern Africa? Looks to be around Mozambique.I don't know if this is the situation here, but satellite photos showing optical light pollution show a fair amount coming from third world countries. It turns out that it's slash-and-burn agriculture.
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posted on
10/13/2004 12:27:33 PM PDT
by
snarkpup
(I'm not suspicious; I'm prudent. - Burt Gummer)
To: January24th
The only hot spot in FL is Jax, probably cuz of the base. Good thing you got out of there!
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posted on
10/13/2004 12:29:02 PM PDT
by
Camachee
To: Constitution Day
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posted on
10/13/2004 12:30:19 PM PDT
by
shield
(The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
To: Boundless
What???? Southern California is not the pollution capital of the world??? Have our politicians been lying to us??? For shame ...
Think I'll take a long ride in my SUV this weekend!
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posted on
10/13/2004 12:32:55 PM PDT
by
RightField
(The older you get ... the older "old" is !)
To: angkor
I audited a business man just back from China. He said it was badly polluted a hundred miles away from the bigger cities.
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posted on
10/13/2004 12:37:32 PM PDT
by
Safetgiver
(Mud slung is ground lost.)
To: najida
Ohio is bright red. Surprising since Bush closed down all the manufacturing plants.
< /sarcasm >
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posted on
10/13/2004 12:48:23 PM PDT
by
RockinRight
(John Kerry is the wrong candidate, for the wrong country, at the wrong time)
To: RightField
The majority of the red spots are from power plants which burn coal. This I know is true for the USA, China and South Africa.
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