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HALO research aircraft measuring the emissions of megacities in EmeRGe project

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However, emissions do not just remain in conurbations; particles and gaseous pollutants can be transported thousands of kilometers by the wind. HALO in-hangar in Taiwan. The aim is to better understand and predict the extent and impact of urban air pollution on Earth’s atmosphere. —DLR research pilot Stefan Grillenbeck.

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U.K. Startup’s Digital Dyeing Printers Save Energy, Water

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He had created Xennia Technology as well, whose inkjet technologies revolutionized other highly polluting processes, such as the surface treatment for ceramic tiles. Dyeing also generates 20 percent of industrial water pollution (the second main cause on a global level). The first one in Taiwan (global capital of finishing treatments).

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