Large differences in air pollution among Fairbanks neighborhoods
Using a mobile laboratory, we mapped pollution from downtown Fairbanks up Birch Hill.
Tag: Pollution
Local actions are working to clean FNSB air
The Fairbanks North Star Borough has bad air quality in winter due to low winds and intense temperature inversions that trap locally generated pollution. We cannot control the weather, which leaves controlling local pollution sources as the only option to clean the air.
Fairbanks’ extremely shallow polluted layer
Temperature inversions cause bad air days, but how shallow is the polluted layer on these stagnant days?