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International study finds air pollution leads to millions of hospital visits for asthma attacks worldwide

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Air pollution—specifically PM 2.5 , ozone and NO 2 —could be to blame for up to 33 million emergency asthma attack visits to hospital a year, according to a new open-access study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Anthropogenic emissions were responsible for ?37% 37% and 73% of ozone and PM 2.5

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NASA satellite images highlight US air quality improvement with reduction of NO2

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New NASA satellite images released this week demonstrate the reduction of air pollution across the US. After ten years in orbit, the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA’s Aura satellite has been in orbit sufficiently long to show that people in major US cities are breathing less nitrogen dioxide.

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DISCOVER-AQ project to begin flights to enhance measurement of ground-level air-quality from space

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The flights will be supported by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and will aid EPA in monitoring pollutants. The fundamental challenge for satellites measuring air quality is to distinguish between pollution near the surface and pollution higher in the atmosphere. Measuring pollution from space.

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Power Electric Scooter Buyers Guide | Mid 2021

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You have many questions like - which scooter offers the longest range, which scooter offers good quality batteries and so on. Both have top speed 50 kmph model with range of 70 km. So we expect it to be NMC chemistry and some 20% degradation in range after 3 years. Benling India offers one high speed model - Aura.

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