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Most of the 1 billion people in informal settlements are in the tropics where the threat of humid heat is rising. Poor weather station coverage that misses local hotspots puts them even more at risk.
Twenty-six fast-growing African cities may battle health challenges if air pollution is not addressed.
Photo: Pixabay/MARUF_RAHMAN Deteriorating air quality in tropical cities is posing ever greater threats to people’s health and as urbanization is pr
From 2005 to 2018, a global team of scientists used space-based measurements from instruments onboard NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) satellites to try to fill data gaps in air quality for 46* prospective megacities in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.