Ever wonder why some days you feel a heavy, hurting head, a general low energy and quite a bad mood with no reason? Well, if you could see it with your own eyes, you would see that very likely NO2, Ozone and other nasty pollution gases are over the top all around you. Today’s picContinue reading “Very high NO2 and Ozone levels in Athens these days”
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Young people to take 32 European countries to court over climate policies
“The Greek government, which has battled with the devastating impact of hundreds of deadly wildfires and floods this summer, said in its defence: “The effects of climate change as recorded so far do not seem to directly affect human life or human health.” What??? It is so sad that the 99% of our politicians stillContinue reading “Young people to take 32 European countries to court over climate policies”
Wood is not going to be our friend this winter, and here is why
This blog’s approach to the issue of Air Quality is basically from the bottom up, from the “on my own skin” experience of the quality of air that we all have to breathe in our cities/villages on a particular day. In practical terms, it is an ongoing enquiry that starts at the moment we wakeContinue reading “Wood is not going to be our friend this winter, and here is why”
Greece runs on 100% renewable energy for the very first time in history!
This is a very important landmark for Greece: last week it ran on 100% renewable energy for the very first time in history! This is really a great achievement, well ahead of what we were expecting, but yet, it’s not so easy to rejoice. In fact, we need to ask ourselves where is that renewableContinue reading “Greece runs on 100% renewable energy for the very first time in history!”
New evidence that air pollution contributes substantially to lung cancer – article
Data from a breakthrough study in understanding how air pollution can lead to lung cancer, presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology congress on Sept 9–13, 2022, promise to revolutionise the field of oncology and approaches to public health. See the article here. Although smoking remains the biggest risk factor for lung cancer worldwide, an estimatedContinue reading “New evidence that air pollution contributes substantially to lung cancer – article”
Climate in Greece warmer by about 5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century – article
“The climate in countries including Egypt, Greece and Saudi Arabia is projected to warm by about 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) by the end of the century, the study said.” That’s twice as fast as the rest of the world. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/07/middle-east-mediterranean-climate-change/ A grim future for our kids… And we are to be blamed. WeContinue reading “Climate in Greece warmer by about 5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century – article”
International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies – September 7, 2022
Happy International Day of Clean Air for blue skies 2022! No one is probably aware of this event in Greece… This year’s theme is ‘The Air We Share’. It focuses on the transboundary nature of air pollution highlighting the need for collective accountability and collective action. Air pollution knows no national borders and is allContinue reading “International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies – September 7, 2022”
Wind and Solar energy helped keeping the Air cleaner in the EU this summer
Let’s see things the other way around. Opponents to wind and solar energy say that they are not reliable because wind and light are not stable. Ok. But look at it from the other perspective. The huge heatwave that baked Europe this summer caused nuclear and hydropower energy to drop by 70% and 62% respectively.Continue reading “Wind and Solar energy helped keeping the Air cleaner in the EU this summer”
We all live downwind – Winter Air Quality in Greece
If you pay attention, in the image above you can see a village hidden within a thick layer of smoke. This is one of the many villages of the fertile Messenian plain north of Kalamata, home to hundreds of thousands of olive trees that produce one of the best olive oils of Greece, as wellContinue reading “We all live downwind – Winter Air Quality in Greece”
Athens Air Quality Journal
A journal whose aim is to picture the daily Air Quality (AQ) in Athens. This post aims at documenting how the atmosphere looks and feels like in terms of Air Pollution, day after day, in our capital. Photographs mostly taken from Filoppapou Hill show the visibility over the city, which is a way of visuallyContinue reading “Athens Air Quality Journal”
CleanAir in Greece 