Coyhaique sees annual average PM2.5 concentrations of about 64 micrograms per cubic meter, well above global standards considered safe. At certain times of the year, levels can double, or even triple. And like the nation’s capital, Santiago, which also sees dangerous levels of air pollution, geography is part of its fate.
Four million people around the world who already die annually from air pollution–related diseases. Brian Palmer [@palmerbrian (TW), Brian Palmer (FB), @brianmpalmer (IG)] goes inside those numbers—and your lungs—to understand how air pollution kills.
The Mayor of London, Environmental Defense Fund, C40 (an international consortium of 90 cities tackling climate change), and a host of partners launched Breathe London, an ambitious project that will measure and map Londoners’ daily exposure to air pollution using a network of advanced air pollution sensors deployed across the city. Breathe London will shine a spotlight on air pollution at a hyper-local level and provide data that lets us not only see the problem, but take action to solve it.
