The municipalities can use the data they gather to enact air pollution policies and monitor progress. And in regions where literacy might not be widespread, images like the photos from this ...

Selcuk Acar / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A new, satellite-based instrument measuring air pollution in North America has sent its first images back to Earth, NASA announced in August.

pollution has, perhaps surprisingly, increased. These images measure level of nitrogen dioxide in the atmosphere, an important indicator of air quality. They show changes in nitrogen dioxide ...

The satellite will stay parked above North America and provide scientists with hourly daytime updates on air pollution nationwide. On Thursday, researchers released their first images, which show ...

NASA has released the first data maps from a new instrument monitoring air pollution from space ... over parts of North America. Those images, which NASA compiled into a time lapse video and ...

These artists aim to draw attention to the current and future challenges facing global environmental conditions. The "Clean Air" international cartoon exhibition will run until December 1.