Volcano breath: Measuring sulfur dioxide from space

(Michigan Technological University) In a new study published in Scientific Reports this week, a team led by researchers from Michigan Technological University created the first, truly global inventory for volcanic sulfur dioxide emissions, using data from the Dutch-Finnish Ozone Monitoring Instrument on NASA's Earth Observing System Aura satellite launched in 2004. The data set will help refine climate and atmospheric chemistry models and provide more insight into human and environmental health