air quality
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Dyson Is Getting Kids to Run Around Melbourne Wearing Backpacks to Test Air Quality
Dyson has kicked off its ‘Breathe Melbourne’ initiative.
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NOAA Is Flying Research Missions During Lockdowns To Improve Climate Models
In the past week alone, Xinrong Ren has taken four flights. He’s not actually headed anywhere, though. Ren is a senior research scientist at the University of Maryland’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. He’s been taking to the skies since February as part of a federal research project with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
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Report: Four Out Of Five City Dwellers Breathe Unsafe Air
The leading cause of death worldwide isn’t an infectious disease or cancer. It’s air pollution. And despite our best efforts to control it, smog is still increasing at an alarming rate worldwide, posing a health risk to over 80 per cent of all city dwellers.
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China’s Airpocalypse Is So Bad That It’s Banning Half The Cars In Beijing
Beijing issued its first-ever red alert on Monday. The radical measure means that half the cars in the capital must stay off the streets, outdoor construction must stop, and schools must close. The pollution is simply too dangerous.