nitrogen dioxide Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:44:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Deadly Pollution Levels Plague Hong Kong https://www.greenoptimistic.com/deadly-pollution-levels-plague-hong-kong-20130416/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/deadly-pollution-levels-plague-hong-kong-20130416/#respond Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:44:00 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=36294 On Monday in Hong Kong, children, the elderly, and people with respiratory illnesses and heart conditions were advised to stay inside because air pollution index readings were at their highest this year. In Beijing on Monday, the pollution index reached as high as 167, considered a very unhealthy level of pollution according to the US […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/deadly-pollution-levels-plague-hong-kong-20130416/feed/ 0 36294 Tracks of Shipping Pollution Indicate Link to Nitrogen Dioxide https://www.greenoptimistic.com/shipping-pollution-nitrogen-dioxide-20130225/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/shipping-pollution-nitrogen-dioxide-20130225/#respond Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:39:32 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=33963 NASA has been using satellite imagery to collect data on the tracks ships leave when they cross bodies of water. Tracking this visible shipping pollution has demonstrated that a tremendous amount of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions has resulted. NASA collected the data using its Aura satellite from 2005 to 2012. Scientists are trying to figure […]

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