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On 8 March 2012, the department started reporting data on fine suspended particulates in the air on an hourly basis, that are a leading component of smog. It began regular monitoring of PM2.5 levels, which measure 2.5 micrometres in diameter or less, at three stations since 2005, but the data were never publicised.
Ship with tourists, Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, 2024. Pollutants from marine vessels are main sources of air pollution in Hong Kong. [55] As per the Clean Air Network, 53% of Hong Kong's pollution comes from local sources – power stations, idling engines of cars, trucks and buses and marine emissions as of 2012.
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 ...
For instance, some places like Africa and South America lack air pollution reporting tools, so their pollution levels are probably not reflected in this list. Moreover, many cities from a certain country are featured in the list may only mean that they have large and wide air pollution monitoring networks, which may or may not be an indicator ...
Module:Location map/data/South Africa Western Cape Cape Town Central is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Cape Town. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
This map of central Cape Town was created from OpenStreetMap project data, collected by the community. This map may be incomplete, and may contain errors. Don't rely solely on it for navigation.
Clean Air Network (CAN, traditional Chinese: 健康空氣行動; simplified Chinese: 健康空气行动) is an independent non-governmental organisation exclusively focused on the issue of air pollution in Hong Kong. CAN aims to educate the public about the health impacts of air pollution and to mobilise public support for cleaner air in Hong Kong.
Cape Town [a] is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. [13] Cape Town is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. [14] The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.