redOrbit: Pollution originating in Asia is being lifted into the stratosphere during monsoon season, where it then circles around the globe for several years, according to a new National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) study released on Thursday. According to a press release put out on March 25 by the National Science Foundation (NSF), one of the sponsors of the study, the research team used satellite observations and computer modeling to demonstrate how summer circulation patterns force …