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Almost nowhere on Earth safe from PM2.5, says Melbourne study

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concentrations at a high spatial resolution of approximately 10km ×10km for global grid cells in 2000-2019, focusing on areas above 15 μg/m³ which is considered the safe limit by WHO (The threshold is still arguable),” he said. 5 from 2000 to 2019 was 32.8 μg/m³), other regions in Oceania (12.6 concentration and high PM 2.5

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Counting the microns

Envirotec Magazine

concentrations at a high spatial resolution of approximately 10km ×10km for global grid cells in 2000-2019, focusing on areas above 15 µg/m³ which is considered the safe limit by WHO (The threshold is still arguable),” he said. µg/m³), other regions in Oceania (12.6 concentrations higher than 15 µg/m³. The highest PM2.5 concentrations.

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Scientists concerned by ‘record high’ global methane emissions

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China, and South Asia and Oceania were some of the regions that saw the largest increase in methane emissions, jumping to as much as 15 million tonnes between the 2000-06 average and 2017, a new report has found.

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