1. Megacity project seeks to gauge urban pollution.
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Butler, Declan
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AIR pollution , *URBAN pollution , *ATMOSPHERIC aerosols , *CLIMATOLOGY , *POLLUTION , *ENVIRONMENTAL engineering , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy - Abstract
The article reports on the MEGAPOLI project, a program designed to build regional air-pollution models for every city in the world with a population of more than five million. The project encompasses 23 research organizations from 11 European countries in which its scientists hope that it will lead to better maps of potential exposure to harmful aerosols and particles. According to project leader Alexander Baklanov, MEGAPOLI is aimed to understand the bigger picture of the impact of megacities and the feedbacks between pollution and climate.
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- 2008
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