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Published online 10 December 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021209-5

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Asian emissions level off

Economic downturn curbs ill winds across Pacific.

Asia's economic slowdown holds some good news for America. For now, at least, industrial air pollution wafting across the Pacific Ocean on prevailing winds is levelling off, new research shows.

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