EO Kids is searching for small specks of air pollutants from space. In this issue, discover how satellites sense air quality from high above the ground. You can also create your very own air quality sensor with our “DIY Science” activity.

Take a breath of fresh air. Learn how the air we breathe has become cleaner. In this issue, EO Kids looks at a type of smog called photochemical smog and how satellites can track how air pollution is decreasing. Plus, look at cities as sources of air pollution and see how one type of air pollution has improved in “Data Detective.”

Smoke from wildfires can have lingering effects on your local environment and your health. Explore how wildfire smoke travels in our sky and find out how NASA satellites track it. Plus, you can track the movement of smoke in the atmosphere from the Australian bushfires of 2019/2020 by creating a flipbook.