It might be common sense that the world is on a mission to reduce or even eliminate air pollution. But are we actually just shifting the problem elsewhere? After all, as the saying goes: out of sight, out of mind.
Large-scale currents like jet streams do not just carry wind, they also carry pollutant particles across long distances. Transboundary Atmospheric Pollution (TAP), also known as intercontinental transport of air pollution, has been receiving increasing global attention as a result of rapid and widespread industrialisation and urbanisation. The largest source region is East Asia, an area heavily influenced by the Siberian forest fires, westerly flows, and the Indian monsoon trade winds.