Verschärft schmutzige Luft das Pandemie-Desaster?

Ein Gerücht verdichtet sich zum Verdacht, je weiter das Coronavirus seine Kreise zieht. In vielen Pandemie-Hotspots mit hohen Feinstaubwerten ist die Covid-19-Sterblichkeit höher. An einen Zufall wollen einige Forscher nicht mehr glauben. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/medizin-ernaehrung/corona-krise-verschaerft-schmutzige-luft-das-pandemie-desaster-16728901.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3 Bildquelle: Pixabay

23rd April 202023rd April 2020
Corona Virus, Environment, Future, Health

New Research Links Air Pollution to Higher Coronavirus Death Rates

Coronavirus patients in areas that had high levels of air pollution before the pandemic are more likely to die from the infection than patients in cleaner parts of the country, according to a new nationwideContinue reading

5th November 20195th November 2019
Environment, Health

Flights diverted as New Delhi chokes on heavy pollution

Flights to and from New Delhi’s international airport were delayed and diverted on Sunday as pollution reached “unbearable” levels, leaving the Indian capital blanketed with heavy smog. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/03/india/delhi-flights-pollution-intl-scli/index.html

9th November 2018
Environment, Health

Never exercise at rush hour: six ways to avoid air pollution

The filthy air of our towns and cities is increasingly linked to adult ill health and poor development in children. But there are steps we can take to mitigate its effects. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/oct/08/never-exercise-at-rush-hour-six-ways-to-avoid-air-pollution

29th September 2018
Environment, Health

Flying insects could carry microplastics through air

Flying insects are contaminating new environments by eating microplastics in polluted waters and carrying them through the air, a new study has found. https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/19/health/microplastics-flying-insects-intl/index.html

20th September 2018
Environment

Marine plastic: Hundreds of fragments in dead seabirds

New footage of the devastating impact of plastic pollution on wildlife has been captured by a BBC team. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44579422 Bild-Quelle: Ingrid Taylar, flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/taylar/31652153502

13th May 2018
Environment, Health

Record concentration of microplastics found in Arctic

Record levels of microplastics have been found trapped inside sea ice floating in the Arctic. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43879389

22nd April 2018
Environment, Health

Scientists hope new enzyme will ‘eat’ plastic pollution

Scientists have accidentally developed a plastic-eating enzyme that may be used to combat one of the world’s worst pollution problems. https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/16/world/plastic-pollution-science-environment-enzyme-intl/index.html