Category Archives: Germany

Sahara dust causes air pollution spike in Europe

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

A plume of Sahara dust that has blanketed parts of southern and central Europe in recent days caused a short, sharp spike in air pollution across the region, researchers said Tuesday. The European Commission’s Copernicus satellite monitoring program said measured … Continue reading →

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Skies and snow turn orange as massive Saharan Dust load spreads across south-central Europe this weekend

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

A massive amount of Saharan Dust has advected across the Mediterranean into central Europe this weekend, thanks to the favorable pattern turning the jet stream into southerly directions. High dust concentrations have turned skies and snow to orange across southern … Continue reading →

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Sources of Air Pollution in Europe

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollutants are emitted from a range of both man-made and natural sources including: burning of fossil fuels in electricity generation, transport, industry and households; industrial processes and solvent use, for example in the chemical and mining industries; agriculture; waste … Continue reading →

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Air pollution remains too high in nearly 60 German cities – environment agency

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

The level of air pollution, mostly due to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions from traffic, has exceeded European limit values in 57 German cities in 2018, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has found. However, the number of cities with emissions levels … Continue reading →

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Air pollution hotspots in Europe

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Respro® UK Ltd

Big cities beset with gridlocked traffic, major regions producing coal, pockets of heavy industry encased by mountains—Europe’s air pollution hotspots are clearly visible from space on most sunny weekdays. All across the continent, tens of millions of people live and … Continue reading →

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Will Germany’s diesel bans just push its pollution problem to Poland?

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Rich countries are exporting their air pollution problems to poorer states in central and eastern Europe, new figures show. More than 350,000 ‘dirty diesel’ vehicles were exported to Poland last year, according to data from NGO Transport & Environment. Another … Continue reading →

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German court says Frankfurt must ban older diesel cars

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Frankfurt, Germany’s financial center, must ban highly-polluting, older diesel vehicles from the city center from next February as part of a plan to improve air quality, the country’s administrative court ruled on Wednesday. The decision by the court in Wiesbaden … Continue reading →

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Stuttgart to bring in city-wide diesel ban at start of next year

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Close to 200,000 owners of older diesel cars will be impacted by a ban on diesel engines in the city centre of Stuttgart that was announced on Wednesday. The state government of Baden-Württemberg decided that the diesel ban would apply … Continue reading →

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