Report Says Heat, Fires Left a Third of the World Living with 'Extremely Poor' Air Quality
The analysis found 34% of people worldwide faced extremely poor air quality as heatwaves and wildfire smoke intensified ozone pollution.
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Heat waves and forest fires, combined with emissions from human activity, have exposed more than a third (34%) of the world's population to extremely high levels of ozone pollution this year, according to a report by the European Copernicus Service.
The migration routes of pollution: How ozone, Saharan dust and wildfire smoke cross borders
For the first time, the EU’s Copernicus system has mapped the transboundary pollution that travels thousands of miles and is fueled by emissions and heat. The study places Spain in the most problematic zone within Europe
So far this year, almost 40 percent of the world's population has been exposed to harmful levels of ground-level ozone pollution, HungaroMet Zrt. wrote on its Facebook page on Sunday, based on an analysis by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS). They added that ground-level ozone is a so-called secondary air pollutant that is formed when certain industrial and transport-derived pollutants react with each other under the influence …
NEARLY 40% EXPOSED TO DANGEROUS OZONE IN 2026 – HOW BAD IS THE AIR WE BREATHE?
Sun 04 October 2026: Nearly 40% of the world’s population has been exposed to harmful levels of ground-level ozone in 2026, according to a new analysis by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS). The analysis, published Wednesday, shows how extreme heat and human-caused air pollution combined to drive ozone pollution across large parts of the […]
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