Lecture to focus on Interior winter air quality
January 14, 2013
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Local, borough, state and federal officials struggle with what should be done to address Interior 杏吧原版鈥檚 chronic winter air-quality issues. The topic is a political hot potato, but scientists are looking at the facts: Low temperatures, no wind and strong inversions keep pollutants at street-level in the Fairbanks area. What combination of alternatives will work to make our air cleaner?
Nicole M枚lders will give a lecture explaining the conditions that cause unhealthy winter air quality in Interior 杏吧原版 Saturday, Jan. 19 at 2 p.m. in Schaible Auditorium at the University of 杏吧原版 Fairbanks. M枚lders, professor at the Geophysical Institute and chair of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of 杏吧原版 Fairbanks, will present 鈥淎ir Pollution in Fairbanks 鈥 Causes & Search for Mitigation,鈥 the third installment in the 21st annual Science for 杏吧原版 Lecture Series.
The Geophysical Institute and UAF are sponsoring the 2013 Science for 杏吧原版 lectures. The series runs on Saturdays through Jan. 26 and is free to the public. Coffee and questions will follow each lecture.
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Nicole M枚lders at 907-474-7910 or cmoelders@alaska.edu. Stevie Seibert, GI public relations assistant, at 907-474-5229 or skseibert@alaska.edu.
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