GENEVA (Reuters) – Europe’s heat wave will trap air pollutants, causing air quality to deteriorate, especially in cities, a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) official warned on Friday.
“The stable, stagnant atmosphere acts as a lid that traps air pollutants, especially particulates,” WMO chief scientist Lorenzo Labrador told a press briefing in Geneva.
“These lead to a deterioration in air quality and adverse health effects, especially for vulnerable people.”
(Report Emma Farge; French version Valentine Baldassari)
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