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Below is a list of 526 cities sorted by their annual mean concentration of PM2.5 (μg/m 3) in 2022. [1] [2] By default the least polluted cities which have fewest particulates in the air come first. Click on the arrows next to the table's headers to have the most polluted cities ranked first. Please note that constraints exist in this type of ...
The immense population growth in the People's Republic of China since the 1980s has resulted in increased soil pollution. [citation needed] The State Environmental Protection Administration believes it to be a threat to the environment, food safety and sustainable agriculture. 38,610 square miles (100,000 km 2) of China's cultivated land have been polluted, with contaminated water being used ...
With the improvements made to the IPE website and thus China Pollution Map Database, over the last two years the number of official government-sourced violation records, from all regions in China, added to the China Pollution Map Database, has grown by over 40,000, each having its own particular circumstances and need for a prompt and effective ...
China’s most polluted city, Hotan, was listed at 14 in the IQAir ranking. In Southeast Asia, only the Philippines saw a drop in annual pollution levels compared to the previous year, the report ...
The following list of countries by air pollution sorts the countries of the world according to their average measured concentration of particulate matter in micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m 3).
The World Bank estimates that 16 of the world's most-polluted cities are located in China. [40] Coastal pollution is widespread, leading to declines in habitat quality and increasing harmful algal blooms. [41] The largest algal bloom recorded in history occurred in China around the southern Yellow Sea in 2008, and was easily observed from space ...
China's lax environmental oversight had contributed to its environmental problems. Sixteen of the world's twenty most polluted cities were found in China in 2013, but has since reduced to just one at 19th place [101] [3] [72] Government response has been criticized as inadequate. [4]
The World Bank estimates that 16 of the world's most-polluted cities are located in China. [31] According to Jared Diamond, the six main categories of environmental problems of China are: air pollution, water problems, soil problems, habitat destruction, biodiversity loss and mega projects. [32]