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.