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Smog in Shanghai, China

Before and After: US East Coast 2005-2011

Northeast Air Quality, 2005. Northeast Air Quality, 2011.

NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio/T. Schindler.

Pollution builds up along the U.S. East Coast as it passes from one city to the next, particularly in the Northeast Corridor. These cities include Richmond, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, Boston and all the smaller cities in between. Some of the largest absolute changes in nitrogen dioxide have occurred in this corridor.