Heat Waves Trigger 'Bad' Ozone Pollution at the Peak of the Decade in Spain

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The warmest summer recorded caused O3 levels to rise, a gas responsible for 23,000 urgent hospital admissions a year: almost 100% of the population breathed concentrations beyond the threshold set by the WHO Poker of air pollutants: what are the toxic substances we breathe? Tropospheric ozone pollution (O3) in Spain has been setting peak values this year for a decade. The intense heat recorded this summer has triggered bad ozone levels, accordin…

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Air pollution by ozone is increasingly affecting the Spanish population and its levels have rebounded during 2025, with the highest levels of the decade, as a result of two intense and prolonged summer heat waves, the warmest since records are available.

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Madrid.- Atmospheric pollution by ozone is increasingly affecting the Spanish population and its levels have rebounded during 2025, with the highest levels of the decade, as a result of two intense and prolonged summer heat waves, the warmest since records are available. This follows from the last report on ozone pollution presented by Ecologists in Action with data collected at almost 500 measuring stations throughout Spain, between 1 January a…