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There are several research projects on air pollution, health, and climate change at the University of Washington:
| EPA NW Research Center for Particulate Air Pollution and Health |
One of five centers around the country funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency to study the effects on human health of particulate air pollution.
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| UW Earth Initiative - Atmospheric Sciences |
Wind-borne pollution from China and neighboring countries is reaching the West Coast of the United States and Canada as a result of surging economic activity, farm practices and forest fires half a world away.
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| MESA Air Pollution |
Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), funded by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. |
| Climate Impacts Group |
An interdisciplinary research group studying the impacts of natural climate variability and global climate change on the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
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