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Alaska Science Forum

#1957: Springtime smoke in Siberia is our arctic haze 27 April 2009

Science News

Plumes of arctic haze traced to Russia, Kazakhstan 13 February 2009

GRL Editors' Highlight

Arctic haze in spring 2008 traced back to wildfires in Siberia and agricultural burning in Kazakhstan February 2009

NOAA Climate Program Office

Atmospheric Composition and Climate Program 23 January 2009

ESRL Quarterly

Arctic Haze, by Plane and by Ship Fall 2008

NOAA World Science & Technology

NOAA Probes Arctic Pollution for Links to Climate 21 May 2008

Santa Fe New Mexican

Pollution's polar toll 18 May 2008

CBC News

Scientists study Arctic haze for clues to northern melting 22 April 2008
Article also published at MSNBC

Anchorage Daily News

Jet lab cruises Alaska skies as scientists study bits of pollution 20 April 2008

Boulder Daily Camera

NOAA plane flying through an 'Arctic haze' 15 April 2008

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Scientists using Fairbanks as base for Arctic research 15 April 2008
Scientists take to the skies to measure Arctic air pollution 9 April 2008

NOAA Press Release

NOAA Probes Arctic Pollution for Links to Climate 7 April 2008
NOAA Aircraft to Probe Arctic Pollution 7 April 2008

NOAA Research Public Affairs

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