All fogged up in the Northeast and parts of New England

March 21   Leave a Comment  

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Non-evil fog, but fog still

SMOG levels improving in Los Angeles

Feb. 28   Leave a Comment  

Tougher state and federal air quality standards, combined with cleaner burning engines on new vehicles today, have cut air pollution from cars and trucks across California by more than 85 percent since the 1970s, with peak smog levels in the city of Los Angeles dropping some 70 percent. (Thinkstock)

Is it possible?

Gallery: Boston’s demon fog

Aug. 15, 2009   Leave a Comment  

A photo taken by reader "Rachel" from MIT.

I got stuck with a weather story on Tuesday at the Boston Globe. I actually really like writing about the weather, and I love weather maps and statistics and even lightening storms. But I wasn’t prepared for the response I’d get for a simple story about advection fog rolling over Boston on Tuesday. There were [...]