Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Multiple studies show that most of South Korea's pollution comes from China because of the spread of fine dust produced by China's factories and coal-fired power plants. [11] China causes 30 to 50 percent of the PM 2.5 at South Korea on days of average air quality, but 60 to 80 percent on days with the worst air quality.
[2] [page needed] According to an analysis of the "2019 World Air Quality Report" published by AirVisual, a global air pollution investigator, Korea ranked first in ultrafine dust pollution concentration among OECD members, showing that it is the worst air pollution country. [5] [6] Air pollution in Korea is becoming more serious. [7]
Recently, according to an analysis of the "2019 World Air Quality Report" published by Air Visual, a global air pollution research institute, Korea ranked first among OECD members and was the worst air pollution country. Since such air pollution has been affected by weather conditions, the number of days of high-concentration fine dust in Korea ...
Byeonsan-bando National Park.. The environment of South Korea is the natural environment of South Korea, which occupies the southern half of the Korean peninsula.Environment - current issues: air pollution in large cities; water pollution from the discharge of sewage and industrial effluents; acid rain; drift net fishing.
Air pollution can affect nearly every organ and system of the body, negatively affecting nature and humans alike. Air pollution is a particularly big problem in emerging and developing countries, where global environmental standards often cannot be met. The data in this list refers only to outdoor air quality and not indoor air quality, which ...
Since South Korea banned land-filling food waste in 2005, followed by another ban on dumping its liquid byproduct (known as leachate) into the ocean in 2013, the country has operated a ...
A cargo ship discharging ballast water into the sea. Ballast water discharges by ships can have a negative impact on the marine environment. [1] Cruise ships, large tankers, and bulk cargo carriers use a huge amount of ballast water, which is often taken on in the coastal waters in one region after ships discharge wastewater or unload cargo, and discharged at the next port of call, wherever ...
The January 2024 version of the WHO database contains results of ambient (outdoor) air pollution monitoring from almost 5,390 towns and cities in 63 countries. Air quality in the database is represented by the annual mean concentration of particulate matter ( PM10 and PM2.5, i.e. particles smaller than 10 or 2.5 micrometers, respectively).