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Pollution Remains in Northern Hemisphere

By , About.com GuideOctober 3, 2008

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Discovery News reports that the ITCZ or Intertropical Convergence Zone acts as a barrier that keeps Northern Hemisphere pollution in that hemisphere, thus serving to keep the air of the less industrialized Southern Hemisphere relatively cleaner.

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October 5, 2010 at 10:46 pm
(1) SteveGinIL says:

George –

I had heard this some time back in the 1990s, or maybe even in the 1980s. Would you know when this was first determined?

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