Polluted air chokes
northern Indian Ocean
Last winter and spring, a thick,
sooty haze covered such massive areas of the Indian Ocean that scientists
are astonished.
References:
1999. Massive pollution documented over Indian Ocean. University
of California, San Diego Press Release. June 8.
Further Readings:
Monastersky, R. 1998. Asian
pollution drifts over North America. Science News 154(Dec.
12):374.
Sources:
James A. Coakley
Oregon State University
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
104 Ocean Administration Building
Corvallis, OR 97331-5503
Russell R. Dickerson
University of Maryland, College Park
Department of Meteorology
Computer and Space Sciences Building
Room 3423
College Park, MD 20742-2425
V. Ramanathan
University of California, San Diego
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Center for Atmospheric Sciences
Center for Clouds, Chemistry and Climate
9500 Gilman Drive, #0221
La Jolla, CA 92093
From Science
News, Vol. 155, No. 25, June 19, 1999, p. 389.
Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
