Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Drought linked to polluted winter air

Lack of rainfall, along with low winds and stagnant conditions that trapped pollution near the ground, contributed to increase in soot, officials say.



California's parched winter brought a big surge in air pollution, pushing the number of bad air days one-third higher than the previous winter and posing a serious health threat, state air quality officials said Tuesday.



via L.A. Times - Science http://ift.tt/1nafCM3

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