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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Ground level ozone is a highly reactive gas commonly found in urban and suburban environments, formed when pollutants react in sunlight. Recent reviews suggest that 80% of the world’s population in urban areas are exposed to air pollution levels above the WHO threshold. g/m 3 (WHO), 120 ?g/m Vicedo-Cabrera et al.

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MARCH 8, 2015

Leaded gasoline was a larger emission source of the toxic heavy metal lead than mining in South America, even though the extraction of metals from the region’s mines historically released huge quantities of lead into the environment, according to a study by researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the University of Bern.

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DECEMBER 16, 2018

An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. The conurbation of the metropolitan area of La Paz/El Alto is one of the fastest growing urban settlements in South America with the particularity of being located in a very complex terrain at a high altitude. Tilo Arnhold. Wiedensohler, A.,

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APRIL 4, 2012

The researchers acknowledge funding from private donors, the National Science Foundation, the Swedish International Development Agency, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Vetlesen Foundation and the Alderson Foundation. Abhishek Kar, Ibrahim H. Rehman, Jennifer Burney, S.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

In some parts of Asia, Africa and South America, the researchers identified data gaps which prevented them from characterizing ozone pollution exposure patterns. However, overall, Southern Hemisphere sites tend to have lower ozone pollution levels, and fewer days above 70 ppb. Source: University of Leicester.

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MAY 10, 2020

Detailed high-resolution maps of urban change are crucial for studying greenhouse gas emissions, urban heat island effects, population exposure to extreme weather events and air pollution, land-use change dynamics, ecosystem carbon losses, urban sustainability and development pathways.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Córdoba is the first city in Argentina, and the second in South America, after São Paulo, to sign this kind of agreement. The municipality has adopted short-, medium- and long-term strategic priorities to protect the environment. Córdoba is the site of the Alliance’s Santa Isabel plant.

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