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fromNature
6 days ago

The world is getting hotter faster - its pace nearly doubled in the past decade

Global warming has accelerated to nearly 0.35°C per decade since 2015, roughly double the 1970s rate, primarily due to reduced air pollution from shipping regulations.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Clean air should not be a privilege': how Bogota is tackling air pollution in its poorest areas

Every Sunday in Bogota, streets across the city are closed to cars and transformed into urban parks. Shirtless rollerbladers with boomboxes drift leisurely in figures of eight, Lycra-clad cyclists zoom downhill and young children wobble nervously as they pedal on bikes for the first time. This is perhaps the most visible component of a multipronged plan to clean up the Colombian capital's air.
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