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| Did you know that trees prevent $7 billion in health costs every year by filtering air pollution? New research says the closer you can live to trees, the better off you are. Air pollution now kills around seven million people every year globally, according to the World Health Organization. In the journal of Environmental Pollution, forester Dave Nowak and colleagues found that trees prevented 850 human deaths and 670,000 cases of acute respiratory symptoms in 2010 in USA alone. That was related to 17 tonnes of air pollution removed by trees and forests, which physically intercept particulate matter and absorb gases through their leaves. |
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When Mumbai’s Morning Haze No Longer Feels Like Home
Mumbai Weather Update: AQI Turns Severe as Thick Haze Persists, Free Press Journal (FPJ).
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Delhi Is Gasping Again, And This Time, Even the Clouds Refused to Help
Delhi is choking again. AQI levels have slipped into the ‘severe’ zone, cloud seeding failed, and emergency measures barely make a dent. Because the city doesn’t need one-off fixes, it needs long-term healing. Trees remain the simplest, most effective answer. They absorb carbon, trap dust, cool the air, and act as natural lungs. If Delhi wants cleaner winters, it needs more green cover, not just temporary interventions. Clouds may not cooperate, but trees always will.
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