Archive · 24 Sep 2025
Al Gore's System Tracks Soot Pollution with Satellites, AI
Former Vice President Al Gore has created a system to track where tiny particles called soot pollution comes from.
This system uses satellites and artificial intelligence.
It is like having a weather app that shows where the pollution is coming from.
This helps people understand what is making the air dirty.
The system looks at 2,500 cities around the world.
Soot pollution is harmful to people's health.
The project will show who is causing this pollution.
This new technology should help people see the truth about the air they breathe.
It may even get incorporated into weather apps in the future.
Al Gore leads a coalition using satellites and AI to track soot pollution.
The system monitors 137,095 sources in 2,500 cities globally.
The system identifies sources and plumes of soot on a neighborhood level.
Users will be able to see the origin of soot pollution.
The data may be incorporated into weather apps.
- Who
- Al Gore and Climate TRACE coalition
- What
- Expanded a system to track sources of soot pollution using satellites, AI, and ground sensors.
- When
- The expanded system was announced recently.
- Where
- Tracking across 2,500 cities worldwide, including Cancer Alley, Pakistan, China, South Korea, and Bangladesh.
- Why
- To identify sources of particle pollution and make the information available to the public.
- Initiative Lead
- Al Gore, Climate TRACE
- Technology
- Satellites, AI, Ground Sensors
- Purpose
- Track Soot Pollution Sources and Plumes
- Target Cities
- 2,500 worldwide
- Soot Sources Tracked
- 137,095
- Super Emitters
- 3,937
- Potential Integration
- Weather Apps