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UMD-led study finds China’s SO2 emissions down 75% since 2007, India’s up 50%; India may now be the top SO2 emitter

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Although China and India remain the world’s largest consumers of coal, a new University of Maryland-led study found that China’s sulfur dioxide emissions fell by 75% since 2007, while India’s emissions increased by 50%. This work was supported by the NASA Earth Science Division Aura Science Team (Award No.

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Revealed: Jupiter’s Secret Power Source

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They used the 10-meter Keck II telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii, one of the five largest in the world, to take spectrographic readings of the planet on two nights: 14 April 2016 and 25 January 2017. Wong/University of California, Berkeley/OPAL/ESA/NASA; Gemini Observatory/AURA/NSF/UC Berkeley; J. Keck Observatory; A.

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Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

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Both are represented in the study by a major gas of each type, the VOC formaldehyde and NO 2 , that are measureable from space by the Dutch-Finnish Ozone Monitoring Instrument aboard NASA’s Aura satellite, launched in 2004. Murray, L. Lamsal, L. Duncan, B., … Tonnesen, G. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres , 122, 10,439–10,461.

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Volvo Car outlines technological future: new Scalable Platform Architecture and focus on four-cylinder engines; Concept You

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For us the new architecture means we can sharpen our design language still further, carving out just the right athletic and dynamic aura that is so important to the most demanding prestige car buyers. The engines will meet all known emissions legislation worldwide up to 2017. Concept You is an excellent example of this.

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