air pollution | Infrastructure news - Part 4

air pollution

Shipping and air quality: Unhealthy results

Stuart Gary of ABC Science reports that shipping in Australia may produce up to 30% of all nitrogen oxide and 20% of total sulphur emissions, according to a new study. While these are non-greenhouse gases, they produce photochemical smog and...

Concerns over Olympians and high NO2 levels

London is a city with notoriously high nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels and prior to the start of the 2012 Olympic Games, concern was voiced over the performance of athletes competing in the Games. The levels of NO2 in London’s air are comparable to...