<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for EPA says climate change could worsen smog levels, extend smog season]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/smoglicious/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:26:50 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/smoglicious/1 Can't...breath...must...escape....


I live in Kent.

It's real close to Seatac Airport.

And several major highways.

And a lot of people drive.

Today's air quality?

Great: http://www.pscleanair.org/airq/pmtrend/default.aspx?area= ...


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I live in Kent.

It's real close to Seatac Airport.

And several major highways.

And a lot of people drive.

Today's air quality?

Great: http://www.pscleanair.org/airq/pmtrend/default.aspx?area= ...


]]> Comment #2 by christophersj http://www.grist.org/article/smoglicious/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:21:18 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/smoglicious/2 The funny thing

The funny, and tragic, thing about this is that particulate pollution actually masks global warming and cools the Earth.  The forcing for warming still happens in the background, though.

The more we clean up sooty particulate pollution, the more global warming comes to reveal itself, all other factors being equal.  But of course we have to mitigate both.

There is an excellent PBS NOVA episode about this.  It was not a popular episode and is only available via WGBH if you say you are an "educator".   The episode title is "Dimming the Sun".

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The funny, and tragic, thing about this is that particulate pollution actually masks global warming and cools the Earth.  The forcing for warming still happens in the background, though.

The more we clean up sooty particulate pollution, the more global warming comes to reveal itself, all other factors being equal.  But of course we have to mitigate both.

There is an excellent PBS NOVA episode about this.  It was not a popular episode and is only available via WGBH if you say you are an "educator".   The episode title is "Dimming the Sun".

]]> Comment #3 by christophersj http://www.grist.org/article/smoglicious/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:23:31 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/smoglicious/3 Jabailo

You also live where there is an airflow from offshore.  And Tacoma is a lightweight in the pollution world.  You should come to L.A. where the mountains trap it.

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You also live where there is an airflow from offshore.  And Tacoma is a lightweight in the pollution world.  You should come to L.A. where the mountains trap it.

]]> Comment #4 by wendigo http://www.grist.org/article/smoglicious/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:27:41 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/smoglicious/4 congratulations...

...but not every location is fortunate enough to have topography and weather patterns that inhibit smog, like the PS area does.  

A good source for air quality readings for every metro area in the country is the EPA AirNow site:

http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.fcsummary

This time of year, Houston is usually the worst, but fires are hitting California and North Carolina air quality hard at the moment.

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...but not every location is fortunate enough to have topography and weather patterns that inhibit smog, like the PS area does.  

A good source for air quality readings for every metro area in the country is the EPA AirNow site:

http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.fcsummary

This time of year, Houston is usually the worst, but fires are hitting California and North Carolina air quality hard at the moment.

]]> Comment #5 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/smoglicious/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:31:22 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/smoglicious/5 Higher Temps = Less Smog


The higher temperatures will allow the smog to rise higher and waft over the mountains.

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The higher temperatures will allow the smog to rise higher and waft over the mountains.

]]> Comment #6 by PBrazelton http://www.grist.org/article/smoglicious/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:57:31 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/smoglicious/6 Alternate reality check

John, do you base any of your predictions for an awesome climate change future in reality?  You're like the Savvy Traveler for some weird Bizarro Earth.

Smog is created by heat, not ameliorated by it, and if you had ever been to LA in the middle of summer, you wouldn't say such patently homicidal nonsense about southern California thriving in higher temperatures.  If LA gets any hotter, the smog will be the least of people's worries.

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John, do you base any of your predictions for an awesome climate change future in reality?  You're like the Savvy Traveler for some weird Bizarro Earth.

Smog is created by heat, not ameliorated by it, and if you had ever been to LA in the middle of summer, you wouldn't say such patently homicidal nonsense about southern California thriving in higher temperatures.  If LA gets any hotter, the smog will be the least of people's worries.

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