NASA has launched a mission this summer to map air pollution over both US coasts. From June 17 to July 2, the space agency will deploy aircraft to collect data on air pollutants and greenhouse gas ...

On Thursday, NASA released the first data maps from its new instrument launched to space earlier this year, which now is successfully transmitting information about major air pollutants over North ...

We've reached a point when scientists can easily gauge levels of greenhouse gases or other air pollutants just by measuring their concentrations in the atmosphere. However, with these measurements ...

Planes are circling over power plants, landfills and airports around Baltimore collecting data for NASA on air pollutants and greenhouse gases. Researchers and students will fly multiple times between ...

Residents in the Los Angeles Basin may notice low- flying NASA aircraft later this month as part of a mission to study air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, the agency announced Friday. From ...

This map shows average concentrations of nitrogen dioxide for 2022 over the U.S., as detected by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument on NASA's Aura satellite. Higher concentrations are in red and purple.

A jaw-dropping new visualization shows how tiny airborne particles—known as aerosols—travel thousands of miles, influencing air quality and visibility far from their source. NASA's vivid simulation ...

MIDDLE RIVER, Md. — NASA is conducting low-altitude research flights over parts of Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania as heat grips the region and amplifies the effects of air pollution. The missions ...

A NASA instrument to provide unprecedented resolution of monitoring major air pollutants – down to four square miles – lifted off on its way to geostationary orbit at 12:30 a.m. EDT Friday. The ...

A new study offers a stratospheric bird’s eye-view of air pollution linked to trucks serving Southern California warehouses. Using satellite imagery, the NASA-funded study published in the scientific ...

A jaw-dropping new visualization shows how tiny airborne particles—known as aerosols—travel thousands of miles, influencing air quality and visibility far from their source.