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The Great Smog of London, or Great Smog of 1952, was a severe air pollution event that affected London, England, in December 1952.A period of unusually cold weather, combined with an anticyclone and windless conditions, collected airborne pollutants—mostly arising from the use of coal—to form a thick layer of smog over the city.
The 1962 London smog was a severe smog episode that affected London, England, in December 1962. It occurred ten years after the Great Smog of London , in which serious air pollution had killed as many as 12,000 people.
London's poor air quality was an issue for centuries, but between Dec. 5 and 9, 1952, a perfect storm of weather patterns helped create a tragic event that killed thousands, later sparking the ...
Piccadilly Circus during the Great Smog of London, 1952. Pea soup fog (also known as a pea souper, black fog or killer fog) is a very thick and often yellowish, greenish or blackish fog caused by air pollution that contains soot particulates and the poisonous gas sulphur dioxide.
The Great Smog of 1952 in London. Early in December 1952, a cold fog descended upon London. Because of the cold, Londoners began to burn more coal than usual. The resulting air pollution was trapped by the inversion layer formed by the dense mass of cold air. Concentrations of pollutants, coal smoke in particular, built up dramatically.
The Clean Air Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2.c. 52) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted principally in response to London's Great Smog of 1952.It was sponsored by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in England and the Department of Health for Scotland, and was in effect until 1993.
The Great Smog of London (5–9 December 1952). Delayed fatalities rise from 10,000 to 12,000. [157] 2,200: 1880 Coal smog (London, 1880). [158] 1,000: December 1956 1956 London smog. [159] 780: December 1873 1873 London smog [160] 779: December 1892 1892 London smog [161] 700–800: December 1948 1948 London smog [161] 300–405: January ...
Lightoller died of chronic heart disease on 8 December 1952, aged 78, during London's Great Smog of 1952. [12] His body was cremated, and his ashes were scattered at the Commonwealth "Garden of Remembrance" at Mortlake Crematorium in Richmond, Surrey .