7 Quotes by Sasha Madronich

Mexico City's pollution probably doesn't have a global impact, but all urban areas together do, and the world is urbanizing. If we can understand the pollution impacts of Mexico City, we can apply this new knowledge to other urban areas across the globe.

The pollution is ventilated out by wind almost every day, but then it gets re-polluted each day.

We're not looking so much at pollution inside the city because that's already fairly well known. We're looking at the outflow. For the first time we'll have an idea of how much pollution is outside the city and be able to understand its full life cycle.

We're not looking so much at pollution inside the city, because that's already fairly well known. We're looking at the outflow. For the first time we'll have an idea of how much pollution is affecting areas outside the city, and be able to understand its full importance.

In the past there have been air campaigns during which researchers have made lots of aerosol measurements, and other ones during which they've emphasized gas measurements. The uniqueness of MIRAGE is that it brings them together, allowing us to study interactions between gases and aerosols.

If you were to ask which is the most polluted city in the world, I couldn't tell you. We don't know.

The lifetime of organic aerosols may be longer than climate modelers have thought, and this could have a huge effect on climate.