Global Air Quality - The Impacts of People and Cities

Explore the groundbreaking NASA-produced high-resolution global map of air quality in this 27-minute press conference from AGU's Fall Meeting 2015. Discover how air pollution trends reflect industrialization, economic activity, and civil unrest, and their far-reaching impacts on human health and the environment. Learn about the evolving human impact on air pollutants from 2005 to 2014 as presented by expert panelists: Bryan Duncan, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Atmospheric Scientist and Deputy Project Scientist for the Aura mission; Anne Thompson, Chief Scientist for Atmospheric Chemistry at NASA Goddard; and Russ Dickerson, Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Maryland. Gain valuable insights into global air quality trends and their significance for our planet and society.

Fall Meeting 2015 Press Conference: Global air quality:The impacts of people and cities