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News Release 10-046
Pollution from Asia Circles Globe at Stratospheric Heights
Asia's economic growth has side effect
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Pollution in the stratosphere is clearly visible in this image in the thin red line.
Credit: NASA
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The Asian monsoon is ferrying pollutants to the stratosphere, and from there around the globe.
Credit: UCAR
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Summertime circulation patterns linked with the Asian monsoon transport air upward.
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The researchers' findings appear in the March 26, 2010 issue of the journal Science.
Credit: Copyright AAAS 2010
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