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  2. Air pollution - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the ...

  3. List of most-polluted cities by particulate matter concentration

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    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). [1 ...

  4. Air quality index - Wikipedia

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    An air quality index (AQI) is an indicator developed by government agencies [1] to communicate to the public how polluted the air currently is or how polluted it is forecast to become. [2] [3] As air pollution levels rise, so does the AQI, along with the associated public health risk. Children, the elderly and individuals with respiratory or ...

  5. Pollution - Wikipedia

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    Air pollution control system, known as a thermal oxidizer, decomposes hazard gases from industrial air streams at a factory in the United States. A dust collector in Pristina, Kosovo. Pollution control is a term used in environmental management. It refers to the control of emissions and effluents into air, water or soil.

  6. Air pollution measurement - Wikipedia

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    They use fans to suck in the air, filter it, and either analyze it automatically there and then or collect and store it for later analysis in a laboratory. Active sensors use either physical or chemical methods. [8] Physical methods measure an air sample without changing it, for example, by seeing how much of a certain wavelength of light it ...

  7. Are NFL quarterbacks worth their high salaries? - AOL

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    NFL teams are spending big on quarterbacks. Stacker compiled a list of QBs with a $200 million contract using data from Spotrac.

  8. Goats with Handsome Hairdos are Giving Everyone Serious Boy ...

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    Sadly, we don't think these guys will be putting out a music video anytime soon. But they do have that certain look. In the video that Sarah shared, it shows her Fainting Silky Goats hanging ...

  9. Outline of air pollution dispersion - Wikipedia

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    The air within an inversion aloft is very stable with very little vertical motion. Any rising parcel of air within the inversion soon expands, thereby adiabatically cooling to a lower temperature than the surrounding air and the parcel stops rising. Any sinking parcel soon compresses adiabatically to a higher temperature than the surrounding ...