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WHY DOES IT HAPPEN AND WHEN, IS THERE A SEASON FOR IT? IS CLIMATE CHANGE MAKING THESE EPISODES MORE FREQUENT OR INTENSE? WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT KNOWN EPISODES? IS SAHARAN DUST HARMFUL FOR HEALTH? A FUNDAMENTAL PIECE IN THE ATMOSPHERE, CLIMATE AND WEATHER PUZZLES DUST TO DUST NOT ONLY SAHARAN: THE OTHER HOTSPOTS IN THE DUST BELT MODELS AND FORECASTS HOW CAMS AND BARCELONA DUST CENTER KEEP…

Pollution caused some 9 million people to die prematurely in 2019, according to a new global report published Wednesday, with experts raising alarm over increasing deaths from breathing outside air and the "horrifying" toll of lead poisoning.Human-created waste in the air, water and soil rarely kills people immediately, but causes instead heart disease, cancer, respiratory problems, diarrhoea and…

The 2019 Pollution and Health Metrics: Global, Regional and Country Analysis report from the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP) updates findings from The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, and provides a ranking of pollution deaths on a global, regional and country level. Pollution remains the world’s largest environmental threat to human health, responsible in…

Southwestern Europe is currently experiencing an exceptional Saharan dust episode, which has been turning skies across the region orange. The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS*) predicted that this large-scale transport of Saharan dust would travel northwards, over many parts of western and central Europe, with dust concentrations higher up in the atmosphere reaching further north,…

Greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rises, ocean heat levels and acidification, all set new records during 2021, while some glaciers reached the point of no return, according to the latest flagship report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), published on Wednesday. The State of the Climate 2021 indicates that extreme weather – the day-to-day face of climate change –…

Following two weeks of high-level discussions and negotiations, delegates adopted 38 decisions to improve drought resilience, reduce land degradation, invest in land restoration efforts, and improve synergies with the climate change and biodiversity conventions. Elephants, like humans, are smart and strong, but their real virtue is their empathy and ability for cooperation.” In his opening…