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Category Archives: Australia & Oceania
Hazardous air quality warning as smoke from bushfires spreads across NSW and Queensland
Hazardous air quality warning as smoke from bushfires spreads across NSW and Queensland Residents in Sydney and other parts of the east coast advised to stay indoors where possible to avoid air pollution Much of Sydney and the Hunter … Continue reading
Sydney smoke haze: bushfire reduction burns suspended to allow air to clear
Air quality rated ‘poor’ for second day in a row, as NSW Health warns conditions could aggravate respiratory issues Hazard reduction burns across Sydney have been suspended for at least 24 hours to allow smoke from earlier burns to clear. … Continue reading
Australian cities see higher death toll from worsening air pollution
Air pollution in Australia’s major cities will worsen, in turn causing more premature deaths, according to a latest Australian-linked research on Monday (July 16). More than 3,000 premature deaths in the country every year are related to urban air pollution … Continue reading
Melbourne’s ‘fog’ is actually particulate pollution
It’s been another cold winter day in Melbourne, with temperatures struggling to make it to 10 degrees Celsius. And while it may look like the fog stuck around all day, there’s more to it than meets the eye. It’s actually … Continue reading
Aerial footage: Acrid smokey haze blankets Sydney & triggers air pollution warning amid ‘hazard reduction’ burnoffs
Air quality warnings have been triggered by burn offs in the surrounding areas which have left an acrid haze over the entire city. ABC Online reports there have been at least 11 days this month where air quality in the … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Australia & Oceania
Tagged Air Pollution, Australia, crop-burning, smoke, Sydney
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90 percent of world’s population breathes badly polluted air: WHO
Nine out of every 10 people on the planet breathe air that contains high levels of pollutants and kills seven million people each year, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) study. Nine out of every 10 people on … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Air Quality, Asia, Australia & Oceania, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, USA & Canada, World News
Tagged Africa, Air Pollution, Al Jubail, Asia, Cairo, Egypt, India, Kanpur, Pakistan, Peshwar, Saudi Arabia, Varanasi, World Heath Organization (WHO)
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Bushfire Holsworthy: Smoky haze covers Sydney
SYDNEY residents with breathing difficulties are being warned to stay indoors as a thick haze blankets the city following backburning to contain a major blaze in Sydney’s southwest. SYDNEY is being blanketed by a smoky haze as firefighters continue to … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Pollution, Australia, forest fire, HAZE, Sydney
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Pollution linked to one in six deaths
Pollution has been linked to nine million deaths worldwide in 2015, a report in The Lancet has found. Almost all of these deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries, where pollution could account for up to a quarter of deaths. Bangladesh and … Continue reading
