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Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

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About 4 million children worldwide develop asthma each year because of inhaling nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) air pollution, according to an open-access study published in The Lancet Planetary Health by researchers at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH). —Susan Anenberg.

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Landsat Proved the Power of Remote Sensing

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As an example, he noted the United States was in the process of developing new satellites to survey Earth’s natural resources. Three years later, on 23 July 1972, NASA launched what would be the first Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS). The Soviet grain deal gave Landsat a new use: predicting crop yields worldwide The U.S.

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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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Recent research cited by the EPI suggests that around five million people die prematurely every year due to air pollution, accounting for approximately one in every ten deaths annually. Now in its twentieth year, the biennial report is produced by researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities in collaboration with the World Economic Forum.

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