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Emissions detected from space reveal big polluters
Sulphur dioxide detected with satellites using new technique developed at Environment Canada
Polluters can no longer hide their emissions of sulphur dioxide by failing to report them. Canadian researchers have found a way to detect that kind of pollution using satellites.
In doing so, they've uncovered some very big polluters: oil and gas plants in the Persian Gulf that hadn't been reporting their emissions.
Those polluters may be responsible for six to 12 per cent of man-made emissions worldwide of sulphur dioxide, also known as SO2, reports the new study led by Chris McLinden, a research scientist at Environment and Climate Change Canada. The results were published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience.
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Emissions detected from space reveal big polluters
Sulphur dioxide detected with satellites using new technique developed at Environment Canada
Polluters can no longer hide their emissions of sulphur dioxide by failing to report them. Canadian researchers have found a way to detect that kind of pollution using satellites.
In doing so, they've uncovered some very big polluters: oil and gas plants in the Persian Gulf that hadn't been reporting their emissions.
Those polluters may be responsible for six to 12 per cent of man-made emissions worldwide of sulphur dioxide, also known as SO2, reports the new study led by Chris McLinden, a research scientist at Environment and Climate Change Canada. The results were published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience.
Volcano surprise
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Emissions detected from space reveal big polluters - Technology & Science - CBC News
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2724.html